Grandma, No!

Grandma, No! was enjoyable, and thankfully just long enough to escape without having your cheek flesh pulled from your jawline. It’s full of weird and wonderful characters, devastatingly hilarious situations, and fun minigames, and while jokes were hilarious at first, they started to feel like you were listening to someone suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.

Grandma, No! is another entry on my list of “turning off my brain” games, because of its nature. This game has no right or wrong way of playing, which makes it perfect. I was playing thinking hours had passed by, but really it took less than two hours to complete the game. Thanks to the outfits we unlock from completing certain events and their effects, there is another element of re-playability. I genuinely want to go back to use them. Especially ‘Apocalypse Grandma’, who shoots lasers! Who knew Grandma was so full of chaos? I give Grandma, No! the Thumb Culture Platinum Award.

Grandma, No! it's not a bad game at all, but a game that doesn't know how to express itself. It is content to be a 60 minute disposable product with only one trick to show, and a repetitive one at that.

A lot of fun in a little, old package, just so long as you beware the bodily fluids.

I just wasn’t amused. Grandma No! goes for cheap humor, almost expecting further comment and dialogue from a Twitch streamer showcasing it to their followers. It’s short, uninteresting, and somewhat devoid of replayability. I’m not saying you can’t laugh a bit with some of its sections (I certainly did, like twice), but there are better comedic and slapstick-focused titles out there. It’s just a forgettable novelty.

Grandma, No! is a silly and destructive physics game, but one that punches down with its comedy and ends before it really warms up.