Cute Things Dying Violently - A Review of Where Cute Things Go to Die
That is my reaction to this simple but cool little indie game made by Apathy Works known as Cute Things Dying Violently or CTDV for short. The game has you think slightly about life choices and dilemmas as you sacrifice one to save many, but which exact clone do you toss to the grinder, spikes, fire, electricity or the bombs? The developers of this game and anyone who plays it are going to have a rough next life.

The aim of the game is to grab and fling these little guys to safety, you need to only save one, but I found myself trying to save as many as I could of the little chubby Moguai (Yes that's what I'm calling them). First and foremost this is a puzzle game much like the classic Lemmings and the more recent Flockers mixed with Angry Birds, but those games don't have an over the top theme of blood and gore, yes this game is gory but it is so good! Mwahahaha. (That was an evil laugh -you try and do better in text)

The game play is rather simple where you use your cursor to select either items or one of your clueless and innocent "Moguai" and fling them toward an objective, away from danger or toward danger in order to obtain an objective to get the others out to safety. You are able to select one of the Moguai at a time and drag him along the level that he is on, nothing higher and nothing lower. To get him to an entirely new part of the puzzle area you must click and hold then drag your mouse in the opposite direction to where you want him to go this is where it is much like Angry Birds. You release and send the poor bugger flying and/or sliding towards either victory or demise. Items are used in the same manner to this, but they don't walk around on their own.

I have put a couple of hours into this game which is enough time for me to get into the later stages of the game. The puzzles start requiring you to use items, buttons and rebounding the little guys to achieve the end goal. It's a very small download and is amazingly fun and addictive, I found myself playing it whenever I had a spare moment to myself. 'One more level' was the last thing I remember as I looked at the clock once again half an hour and 3 levels later.

Thanks for the read
-Reprimere-
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