My friend Pedro
| My friend Pedro | |
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| Studio |
 DeadToast Entertainment |
| Publisher |
 Devolver Digital
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
June 20, 2019 ( Windows and Nintendo Switch ), December 5, 2019 ( Xbox One ) |
| platform |
Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One |
| genre | Action , side scroller |
| system advantages preconditions |
Windows:
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My Friend Pedro is an indie - Action computer game, which in games like Max Payne recalls. It was released on June 20, 2019 for Microsoft Windows and the Nintendo Switch and on December 5, 2019 for the Xbox One . The game was developed by the Swedish studio DeadToast Entertainment. The publisher is GHI Media, also known as Devolver Digital .
Gameplay
You control an initially nameless hero who is asked one day by a floating banana to finally get out of bed. The banana leads the player to a pistol and the game starts at this point.
The player aims at opponents in slow motion to kill them. You can also jump off walls while making jumps, ricocheting balls off frying pans and signs, or kicking things like severed heads into enemies. Bonus points are awarded to the players if one of these kills is very special, such as B. shooting at the frying pan to kill enemies or by flying through the air etc.
It is also possible to use two weapons at the same time. In this case, you can aim in different directions with both weapons.
reception
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The game received good to very good ratings.
IGN awards 8.5 out of 10 points with the reasoning: "My Friend Pedro is characterized by excellent action, although there is little reason to return after the short campaign."
The Daily Star rates 5 out of 5 and writes: “My Friend Pedro is an addicting experience and a fascinating shoot-em-up that, while not providing a good story, will take you on a violent ballet of blood, bullets and bananas. "
PC Games gives the game 8 out of 10 points because it is a "fun shooter with enormous potential for addiction".
GameSpot gives 7/10 points to the game and writes: “It's not always exhilarating during the entire campaign, but My Friend Pedro is worth playing because there are many moments when you jump down a shaft and into Shoot in slow motion in two directions, or kill an enemy by kicking the skateboard you hit in their face, or take out a room full of bad guys with a frying pan. "
AusGamers gives the game 6.7 out of 10 points and says: "Even if My Friend Pedro fluctuates when it deviates the most from the action film ideal, most of the time you are still an ice-cold killer with a range of weapons and a talent, Shoot bad guys while spinning in the air. "
Awards
- Steam Awards 2019 in the Most Innovative Gameplay category
Individual evidence
- ↑ My Friend Pedro on Steam. In: Steam . Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c My Friend Pedro - All information, release, PC system requirements. In: GameStar . Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Buy My Friend Pedro - Microsoft Store. Retrieved December 10, 2019 .
- ↑ a b My Friend Pedro - shooting with bananas: The most absurd game of the GC. In: GameStar . August 24, 2018, accessed June 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Robert Purchese: Devolver's My Friend Pedro is a violent, acrobatic, slow-mo shooter for Switch and PC. In: Eurogamer . June 11, 2018, accessed June 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Ethan Gach: My Friend Pedro Is Like A More Violent, 2D Max Payne. In: Kotaku . Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b My Friend Pedro at Metacritic (English)
- ↑ a b Ben Walker: My Friend Pedro Review: Flipping awesome violence from start to finish. In: Daily Star . June 20, 2019, accessed June 22, 2019 .
- ^ A b Mitchell Saltzman: My Friend Pedro Review. In: IGN . June 20, 2019, accessed June 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Christian Dörre: My Friend Pedro: The bullet-time banana shooting in the test. In: PC Games . June 20, 2019, accessed June 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b James O'Connor: My Friend Pedro Review - Go Bananas. In: GameSpot . June 20, 2019, accessed June 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Kosta Andreadis: My Friend Pedro Review. In: AusGamers. June 21, 2019, accessed June 22, 2019 .
- ↑ The Steam Awards 2019 Winners. Accessed January 1, 2020 .