They Always Run

They Always Run

released on Oct 20, 2021

They Always Run

released on Oct 20, 2021

Become Aidan, a three-armed mutant who hunts the most dangerous bounties in the galaxy. Catch, slice, dice and destroy enemies in this exciting 2D platformer with a space-western setting.


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A genuinely staggering case of missed potential.

The game looks beautiful and has a killer soundtrack, the writing of character beats are snappy and funny and the worldbuilding is surprisingly solid for a tiny indie team.

Unfortunately the combat is fucking terrible, the bosses are all shit and while the writing of little moments is good the big-picture plot is okay-at-best for most of the run, the plot entirely falls off the deep end with a truly nonsensical twist in like the last ten minutes and ends on a shitty cliffhanger.

I was hovering around a 6/10 for TWR, but the final real boss fight (the final fight is just waves of minions) is ridiculously unfun and boring, the plot has a massive amount of unresolved threads that feel like sequel-bait and the game ends on a truly terrible twist.

What a shame.

Art style is cool. Combat is eh, hitboxes suck and the parry feels like it doesn't work sometimes, which leads into another point, the game is buggy as shit. Platforming is okay, again, also inconsistent. Very eh time, dropped it.

AVOID ON SWITCH -- Was enjoying the game despite some issues with the combat controls/design, unfortunately in the final quarter of the game was hit with a game crash in a cutscene that completely deleted my save file, removing all of my progress in the final hours in the game. Could not recommend.

nice combat and interesting story bud controls is soooooo bad if you planed play this game controls is so cancer.

its so sad how much missed potential this has man :(

Pretty good game plagued with some questionable design choices.

The action is fast-paced and exciting, although the game does suffer from the occasional glitch and/or bug.

Too bad it ends on a cliffhanger.. Hope they release the sequel someday.