A Gummy's Life Review (Xbox One)

STAFF REVIEW of A Gummy's Life (Xbox One)

Wednesday, October 20, 2021.
by Heather Webster

Have you ever wondered what would happen if the gummy candies you eat came to life and just wanted to beat each other up? Well, A Gummy's Life is the game for you if so. Can you prove to be the champion to rule over all sugar? This new game from developers EP Games is a button mashing, physics-based combat battle royal. The name of the game is to kick, punch and grab your opponents to be the last one standing to win. You win when you are the last gummy standing; simple to understand. Play in game modes like King of the Hill or Team Deathmatch against up to 8 players in cross-platform online multiplayer mode or local split screen.

There is a wide variety of gummy characters to unlock and playing brought me some slight nostalgia when I played as some of my favorite types of candy from my childhood like the Cola Bottle or the Gummy Bear. As you play and win more in the game you unlock more characters, as well as style embellishments and accessories like hats or glasses. When you select your gummy of choice you then have the option of color and style to personalize them however you wish with what you've unlocked so far.

When setting up your gameplay you choose your difficulty, how many AI you want to battle and what arenas you want to battle in, of which there is a choice from fifteen different arenas. The gameplay I found rather difficult to understand based on the physics-based combat, reminiscent of Human Fall Flat, as I found it made it challenging to make out who is hitting who or if I just kept running around in circles getting hit by other gummies. So pay attention to how much gummy juice is all over the ground, as that seems to be the only way to tell who has been hit and damaged as there is no health bars to tell you otherwise.

I have not really figured out the right timing for taunts within the game yet as I always would just end up getting punched out and thrown off the side, left to wait for everyone else to be eliminated before the game would move on or end. But supposedly the taunts will help you celebrate your victory or call your enemies attention to come and attack you. In the training arena you can hone your skills, though it should be noted that there are no actual instructions given or best practices, but you can check the basic controls layout in pause menu anytime.

The soundtrack and graphics match each other well, giving you the bubbly, bright and fun feeling that you would expect from a game about gummy candies coming to life with the sole purpose of beating up other gummies for whatever reason. You can even see the sugar crystals on some of the gummies, making it look more authentic to the candy.

I can see how this game would have a great appeal to kids of all ages as there is no weaponry available in game, and its mostly just hitting, kicking and punching. However if you have a child that is prone to doing this in real life, I might avoid this game as I wouldn’t want kids hitting me in the hopes that I'll spill my juicy guts all over the floor. But as an adult playing this game there is always the fun aspect of being a gummy and getting to battle your friends to prove you are the greatest gummy in the world.

Overall, A Gummy's Life is your standard brawler game, so if you enjoy beating up your friends and doing it amusingly with gummies that have come to life, then I say go ahead and check this one out. I did find that I couldn’t handle long playtimes of this game though due to repetition. That being said, the asking price feels a little steep, listed at $25.99 CAD for a game that I see as a kind of break from your regular gaming choice now and then. I don’t know that I would have paid that, but I did have fun with it once I did a lot of practice in the training arena and become the Queen of the gummies.

**A Gummy's Life was provided by the publisher and reviewed on an Xbox Series S**

Overall: 6.0 / 10
Gameplay: 6.0 / 10
Visuals: 7.0 / 10
Sound: 7.0 / 10

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