But in his role, as an overseer and exploiter of laborers, it’s hard to wish him well as he yells at his employees. And in some ways, he is - he’s grumpy but charming. In its focus on Death, without any interrogation of his role at Death Inc., Have a Nice Death, wittingly or not, frames the CEO as a sympathetic figure. Instead of building sympathy for labor by playing as an intern in the dungeons of failed startups, or as the son and housecleaner for the god of the underworld, you play as the management. Have a Nice Death’s beautiful world and tight combat were captivating at the beginning - but the more I gleaned about the story and the world, the less I wanted to keep playingīut where Have a Nice Death differs from these other workplace roguelikes is also where it suffers. The levels can get tiresome, with each biome having an average of only three or four main enemy types, but the enticingly designed main boss battles remain challenging over each run. There are currently seven worlds (with one more planned for the game’s full 1.0 release on March 22), each with its own boss, called a Sorrow, including Waldo, a Big Boy-faced killer spider of the Toxic-Food Processing Dept., and Major Warren Pliskhan, an overzealous war general and head of the Modern Warfare Dept., among others. Weapons are easy to unlock and the available storage slot in your inventory makes switching combat styles in the middle of a run easier - the act of building momentum in early runs is satisfying, rewarding, and exciting. I enjoyed mixing a ranged curse with a hard-hitting melee weapon. Death’s cloak can morph into additional weapons, like a gigantic hammer or a cloud of poison. Combat is slick and responsive, not unlike Dead Cells (whose lead designer “worked closely” with Magic Design), but feels more like a hack-and-slash. The fighting mechanics glow neon as curses and slashes and projectiles paint across the dull gray landscape. If this record is sold out, more will be pressed soon.Roguelike Have a Nice Death starts strong - but does it have a long game? All images are digital mockups - the final product may appear differently.Īll variations of the album come with the 70+ page zine made from the same files as earlier editions. Please note that black vinyl always sounds best. Special effect vinyl looks cool, but can have sound issues. Grimace Purple Vinyl (2,000 units) is shipping now. The current pressing is available on Evergreen & White Aside/Bside Vinyl (400 units), Evergreen Vinyl (500 units), White with lots of Evergreen, Black, & Oxblood Splatter Vinyl (400 units), and Black Vinyl. Now The Flenser is honored to rerelease Deathconsciousness a gorgeous and disarming contribution to the modern lexicon for a larger audience. It is perhaps a fanbase as dark and mysterious as the Antiochean’s, the album itself revolves around. Fans of Have A Nice Life exhibit both cultic thought and action for good reason. Deathconsciousness feels more fresh and engaging with every listen and has held up as a remarkable piece of art. The album is rhythmic, primal and expansive and is a gloomy-post-punk masterpiece a mediation on death, loss and unrequited love. Blurring the lines between novella, liner notes, and academic text, the zine itself presents an engrossing narrative. The Flenser’s reissue of Deathconsciousness will be accompanied by a 75-page booklet detailing the dark and forgotten history of the Antiochean cult. Have A Nice Life commented, “Working with Flenser lets us keep things comfortable on our end, while also pressing enough copies to actually meet the need and not creating an artificially-inflated collector’s market, as happened with some of our past releases.” Now, longtime HANL collaborator The Flenser will re-issue Deathconsciousness with deluxe packaging, including the lengthy accompanying zine and colored vinyl. Seamlessly blending shoegaze, post punk, new wave, industrial and noise with unparalleled depth and weight, the album was originally released by Enemies List Home Recordings founded by HANL members Dan and Tim. Six years after its release the band followed up with 2014′s stunner The Unnatural World, and by then Deathconsciousness had become a force of influence and fanatic obsession. In 2008, Have A Nice Life released their now cult classic Deathconsciousness LP to a whimper and critical non-interest.
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