After almost 4 years of watching Mediatonic/Epic slowly run this into the ground, this Fall Forever update was the last straw. Flipping to Not Recommended.

It's a shame this has no leverage considering this game is no longer being sold here, but whatever. I'm leaving my original review (which was written near the start of its Steam release and had minor edits) up as a measure of how far it has sunk.

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WARNING: This game is no longer sold on Steam since F2P.


Utterly whimsical and ridiculously fun
Cute and quirky character, skin, and level design
Future seasons that will add new levels and skins for some time
Jukio Kallio and Daniel Hagström match it with an amazingly joyous soundtrack
Crossplatform lobbies

Some server issues from time to time, usually caused by a humongous playerbase. Join the Discord[discord.gg] to keep abreast of any downtimes
Epic account is a necessary evil for cross-platform progression/parties
Some modes really susceptible to ping/desync
Microtransactions are cosmetic, but are now borderline extortionist a la Fortnite

This game was a past contender for my GOTY of 2020.

I feel like a kid in a candy store on Christmas morning all over again. And I've never been a kid in a candy store on Christmas morning.

I'll be the first to admit, I loathe BRs of almost all kinds. Fortnite is overrated. PUBG is overrated. I can tolerate The Darwin Project and previously reckoned it's probably the best BR I've played. Until now.

Fall Guys is absolutely incredible, whimsical fun; a BR that doesn't even take itself very seriously, with very quirky and floppy character designs that are a joy to control...or not. They're called Fall Guys because they do have a profligacy to fall over in a cute manner. The physics-based wackiness of falling, grabbing others and things is one of the mainstays of this charming game, and I actually find myself having a lot of fun, even in losing.

Everything from the level designs (reminiscent of game shows like Takeshi's Castle and Wipeout) to the skins screams joyfulness. The soundtrack also does a good job of that too, conveying the lively atmosphere - then again, as it was co-composed by the legendary Jukio Kallio, that should come as no surprise. The main menu song and the rewards screen theme are absolutely wonderful.

Although there are microtransactions and DLC skins, these are all purely cosmetic. You can still earn a lot of items just from playing; you don't need to spend on them if you don't want to. I'm disappointed that you need to pay out your nose to get a lot of things though, but with the shift to F2P I saw this coming, no way to work around that unfortunately, and it's not a surprise they chose to adopt Fortnite's model as it's working out all too well with that game.

Yes, there may be some teething issues with the servers from time to time. This is to be expected with multiplayer games that really weren't expecting this amount of popularity. Consider this a GOOD thing, that there are many people interested in the game, who will be playing it for a while to come. (And yes, I was initially skeptical due to the 60 player per lobby limit, but my fears that I'll never be able to find matches are now all but assuaged.)

You can only get it for free on the Epic Games Store now. I'm not bothering to link it. Alternatively, you can play it on consoles.

After almost 4 years of watching Mediatonic/Epic slowly run this into the ground, this Fall Forever update was the last straw. Flipping to Not Recommended. It's a shame this has no leverage considering this game is no longer being sold here, but whatever. I'm leaving my original review (which was written near the start of its Steam release and had minor edits) up as a measure of how far it has sunk. ================================================== [b]WARNING: This game is no longer sold on Steam since F2P.[/b] [h1]Nominated for Better With Friends in the Steam Awards 2020[/h1] [h1]Pros[/h1] Utterly whimsical and ridiculously fun Cute and quirky character, skin, and level design Future seasons that will add new levels and skins for some time Jukio Kallio and Daniel Hagström match it with an amazingly joyous soundtrack Crossplatform lobbies [h1]Cons[/h1] Some server issues from time to time, usually caused by a humongous playerbase. Join the [url=http://discord.gg/fallguys]Discord[/url] to keep abreast of any downtimes Epic account is a necessary evil for cross-platform progression/parties Some modes really susceptible to ping/desync Microtransactions are cosmetic, but are now borderline extortionist a la Fortnite [b]This game was a past contender for my GOTY of 2020.[/b] I feel like a kid in a candy store on Christmas morning all over again. And I've never been a kid in a candy store on Christmas morning. I'll be the first to admit, I loathe BRs of almost all kinds. Fortnite is overrated. PUBG is overrated. I can tolerate The Darwin Project and previously reckoned it's probably the best BR I've played. Until now. Fall Guys is absolutely incredible, whimsical fun; a BR that doesn't even take itself very seriously, with very quirky and floppy character designs that are a joy to control...or not. They're called Fall Guys because they do have a profligacy to fall over in a cute manner. The physics-based wackiness of falling, grabbing others and things is one of the mainstays of this charming game, and I actually find myself having a lot of fun, even in losing. Everything from the level designs (reminiscent of game shows like Takeshi's Castle and Wipeout) to the skins screams joyfulness. The soundtrack also does a good job of that too, conveying the lively atmosphere - then again, as it was co-composed by the legendary Jukio Kallio, that should come as no surprise. The main menu song and the rewards screen theme are absolutely wonderful. Although there are microtransactions and DLC skins, these are all purely cosmetic. You can still earn a lot of items just from playing; you don't need to spend on them if you don't want to. I'm disappointed that you need to pay out your nose to get a lot of things though, but with the shift to F2P I saw this coming, no way to work around that unfortunately, and it's not a surprise they chose to adopt Fortnite's model as it's working out all too well with that game. Yes, there may be some teething issues with the servers from time to time. This is to be expected with multiplayer games that really weren't expecting this amount of popularity. Consider this a GOOD thing, that there are many people interested in the game, who will be playing it for a while to come. (And yes, I was initially skeptical due to the 60 player per lobby limit, but my fears that I'll never be able to find matches are now all but assuaged.) [h1]When to buy[/h1] You can only get it for free on the Epic Games Store now. I'm not bothering to link it. Alternatively, you can play it on consoles. [h1][b]9.5/10[/b][/h1]