Laika: Aged Through Blood

This game is an exploration of grief. Laika's grief. Her daughter's grief. The grief of those around her. And last but not least, your own grief, whether that's at the somewhat tricky controls or just because the story is making you cry. Not that I wish to make light of the events portrayed in this game of course, but it bears mentioning right at the top: This game is hard to play, and I mean that in all the senses of the word. It's quite difficult, and it's full of very messed up stuff and people doing very messed up things to each other. That content warning almost undersells it, this game doesn't shy away from some deeply upsetting story beats. And it is also hard to play, in a technical sense, because of somewhat clunky controls and a few bosses that are wildly out of place on the difficulty curve. Every boss in the game bar the very last isn't a healthbar to soak so much as it is a puzzle to solve. For the most part this is welcome and interesting right up until it becomes tedi...

This has been the most disappointed I've been by a game in a while. The idea of mixing MV with biking and shooting was novel. The look of the game as well as the music is great. Also having grown up playing and enjoying Trials games the game nails the feel of the bike and navigating terrain. People also talk about how amazing the story was, It was fine I guess but not groundbreaking like people make it out to be. After a while i was so bored and annoyed by the game I started skipping the dialogue to try and finish the game faster. That's about where the positives end. Theres so many poor gameplay and design decisions the devs it's almost too numerous to count, but let's give it a try. First off, the game should never have been a MV, it literally adds 0 to the game and only serves to pad game length due to excessive backtracking, but not for finding secrets and upgrades, just for navigating the game. This doesn't help due to way too few and sporadic fast travel points. Also the pointl...

Sold as Metroidvania, played like a puzzle shooter. Not my thing. If you like Hotline Miami or similar games. This game is for you. Try out the avaiable demo :)

A pretty good game that excels in a few areas. I found it really difficult to get used to the controls and was quite frustrated for the first hour or two but eventually got the hang of it. There are few games where just moving wrong will get you killed but that will probably amount to most of your deaths in Laika. It's tricky and punishing but rewarding, and it ends up feeling pretty great when you get the mechanics down. One thing about the movement that I think is a definite flaw is that it can be hard to instinctively tell whether you are about to land on your wheels or if you're about to snap your neck. There is an icon telling you which way you are orientated but its attached to where you aim, not your character. So in the chaos of when you're looking at at enemy, trying to tell when he'll shoot to reflect his bullet, shooting at a different enemy, and you're halfway through a backflip to reload your weapon, your character model becomes a spinning blur that is hard to discern as...

Take Motorcross Maniacs make it a Metroidvania with Abuse shooting. Throw in some VERY light "Souls-like" collecting and corpse running. Then top it off with some straightforward weapon/skills leveling. Package in a cute art style telling a brutal story of loss and life Highly recommended.

Laika: Aged Through Blood hit me harder than I expected. It isn’t just a stylish “motorvania”—it’s a grief-soaked road trip about a mother trying to carve a future out of a ruined world. The writing is sparse but surgical; every quiet exchange, every small act of care, lands. By the final stretch I wasn’t pushing the bike for loot or map %—I was pushing it because Laika’s choices started to matter to me. Combat Riding feels equal parts ballet and bar fight. You’re always balancing throttle, tilt, and aim: line up a shot, pop into slow aim mid-air, then commit—because your reload happens on a backflip. That one mechanic makes every encounter a tiny puzzle: do you risk the flip now or thread the landing and ride it out? When it clicks, you chain kills, flips, and landings in a gorgeous flow; when it doesn’t, the punishment is swift but fair. Checkpoints are placed smartly, so retries feel like iteration, not grind. Laika’s arc She starts as a blade—anger...

I didn't expect a game that lets me be a badass coyote mom to make me cry

9.5/10 one of the best story games i have played. the movement reminds me of those old extreme bike games on flash or coolmathgames but you have a gun so thats awesome! combat is fun, only concern is it can get tedious when stupidly dying a lot. the soundtrack is blissful and heavenly. the characters are all written well and the story is fantastic. overall a great time and not too difficult to 100% if you're interested in that. PEAK ending almost made me cry :)

i ugly cried. give this game more attention holy fuck.

um jogo metroidvania com mecanicas de moto parece uma ideia gimmick que não duraria 2 horas de gameplay. mas os controles funcionam de uma maneira tão satisfatoria que vc n consegue mais largar o jogo