5 Minutes to Kill (Yourself) – Review
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By: 5 Minutes to Kill (Yourself)
Version #: 1.0
Date Released: 2009-10-19
Developer: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Price: 2.99
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In celebration of the App Store release of their newest game, Floater Pro, Adult Swim has lowered the price of all of their games to $.99. If you’re a fan of the twisted nature of Adult Swim games, then now is the time to stock up on them.
The premise behind 5 Minutes To Kill (Yourself) is as macabre as most of the other Adult Swim games. You’re an office worker than has snapped and would rather commit suicide than attend another meeting in five minutes. Walking around the office, you are tasked with finding various office instruments with which to end your life before the time limit is up.
The game begins with a simple tutorial of the various instruments around the office that can be used to lessen your life force. These include staple guns, copying machines, shredders and even a shark tank. Before that, you get to pick out your clothes for the day from a rack of virtually identical clothes.
You can play the game as single player of multiplayer (presumably whoever kills him or herself first wins). You can either tap the "start" button to start it up or "Quick Play" which automatically sets the user in the office environment.
The game is pretty simple in its nature and pretty intuitive to use, you control the office drone with swipes of your finger. The only controllable settings are the volumes of the sound effects and the background music.
If you can get past the nature of this game, and are a fan of Adult Swim, it’s definitely worth the $.99 for laugh value alone.
Quick Take
Value:Medium-High.
Would I Buy Again:For $.99? Sure.
Learning Curve:Low to Medium, depending on how well you pay attention to the tutorial.
Who Is It For:Suicidal office drones.
What I Like:The concept is original and hilarious.
What I Don't Like:The game itself is a fairly simple execution.
Final Statement:This is a killer price for a game that people dying to get their hands. Two staplers up.
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