Welcome to our review of Gori: Cuddly Carnage, a game so bizarre and different, it becomes a must own game!
Humanity has been destroyed – and it’s up to Gori, along with his deadly but wise-cracking sentient hoverboard, F.R.A.N.K, and morose A.I companion, CH1-P, to slay the evil Adorable Army with lethal combos. Fuelled by insatiable demand, ‘Cool-Toyz Inc.’ created ‘Ultra Pets’. The ultimate companions that never hunger, never require bathroom breaks and are impervious to the ravages of time. Little did anyone expect the mutation that transformed these perfect pets into twisted toys straight from your nightmares, hell-bent on wiping out mankind.
Master explosive weaponry and devastating combos in an epic battle to prevent the Adorable Army from conquering the galaxy, and rescue Professor Y, their missing creator and only human who showed Gori and his friends love. Push your combat and platforming skills to the limits as you fight your way through twisted landscapes filled with environmental hazards, razor-sharp adult humour and a bone-crunching, pulse-pounding soundtrack.
One of the last prototype synthetic pets, smuggled out of Cool-Toyz Inc before destruction, Gori is cute, cuddly, yet extremely deadly. Save the galaxy with a team of the unlikeliest heroes, from F.R.A.N.K and CH1-P to a host of unexpected allies, with a script packed with heart and adult humour that’s as razor-sharp as F.R.A.N.K’s blades!
Battle the blood-thirsty hordes of the Adorable Army in fast-paced combat where your hoverboard is your weapon! Power slide, grind and spin to cause MAXIMUM carnage and high combo scores. Paint the town red with F.R.A.N.K’s blades as you slice and dice with gratuitous amounts of dismemberment – body horror and the most twisted toy designs you’ve ever seen!
This cat has claws… and a devastating arsenal of explosives, razor-sharp weaponry and unlockable moves to lay waste to the Adorable Army in the most brutal and stylish way possible! From neon-drenched city streets and toy factories awash with deadly toxins, to twisted carnivals and the insides of arcade machines – each level is filled with lethal environmental hazards and mutated toys to push your combat and platforming skills to their limits.
Use your extreme hoverboard parkour skills to explore every corner of the level for collectables that unlock radical new filters, outfits and fur-styles for Gori! And the more you play, the more intense just about everything becomes. From searching those outfits to just basically staying alive from the onslaughter of either death defying acrobatics or the hordes of deadly unicorn enemies.
What is most impressive about this game, aside from the graphics on PS5, is actually the speed this game is handling. It just feels like such a delight to play and while you should not get me wrong, this game is pretty die hard, it is very challenging in its own way. I love the game a lot despite struggling with some of the acrobatics or parkour if you’d like. As much as this game is damn near perfect in that way.
You almost always “stick” to the rails you have to ride, whether they are in combat or just you trying to avoid incoming danger from behind (the hardest part of the game as everything needs to be done right) and well, it starts off rather easy but it does not stay that way. Mostly towards the later levels, that boarding fun becomes harder and more challenging. Never impossible, but just a tough nut to crack at times.
What I would like to say, boss fights are more or less on the longer side of things. The ones I have beaten so far, they are pretty much needing a long time. So do be prepared for this. If you want to try it out, there are demos on most platforms and it allowed me to play the one on Nintendo Switch as well. Spoiler alert, the graphics suffer greatly on Switch and Playstation is the way to go if you have one.
In conclusion, Gori is one heck of an adventure. It is fast, cruel, amazing, challenging and all of that in 1 package. This is simply a game you have to try!
