Dead or School
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| Developer(s) | Studio Nanafushi |
| Publisher(s) | Studio Nanafushi Marvelous Entertainment (console) |
| Producer(s) | Yujiro Usada |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows |
| Release | Windows
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| Genre(s) | Hack-and-slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Dead or School (Japanese: デッド・オア・スクール) is a 2018 hack-and-slash video game made by indie developer Studio Nanafushi for Windows and published by Marvelous Entertainment for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
Synopsis
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Set in post-apocalyptic Tokyo, the game follows Hisako, a girl who lives underground and wishes to see the surface after a war forced her grandmother underground 70 years prior whose only memory of the real world were schools.
Along with hack-and-slash, Dead or School also has action RPG and platformer elements. The goal is for the player, as Hisako, to defeat monster enemies throughout Tokyo (Shinjuku, Asakusa, Akihabara, Roppongi).[2]
Reception
[edit]Dead or School received a mixed critical reception with an aggregate score of 65/100 on Metacritic.[3] In a positive review, Pete Davison of Nintendo Life praised the stages, style and narrative, but noted a number of "technical jank".[4] Digitally Downloaded wrote that "Being a budget game it struggles to maintain a consistency in tone and experience, but a solid loot and upgrade system, some great boss fights, and a good sense of humour, all help to see it through."[5] MANiAC scored it 68%.[6]
Both the PS4 and Switch versions received 31 out of 40 on Famitsu.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dead or School for PS4 and Switch launches August 29 in Japan". Gematsu. 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "Side-scrolling action game Dead or School coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Switch". Gematsu. 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "Dead or School Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ Life, Nintendo (2020-03-13). "Review: Dead Or School (Switch) - Mutant-Slaying With A Sense Of Style". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ ddnetadmin (2020-03-13). "Review: Dead or School (Sony PlayStation 4) – Digitally Downloaded". Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ Nickel, Thomas (2020-04-23). "Dead or School – im Test (Switch) | MANIAC.de | Seite 3". www.maniac.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ^ "DEAD OR SCHOOL (Switch)のレビュー・評価・感想 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). 2024-04-01. Retrieved 2024-10-28.