Grandma, No! - PC Demo Preview

key art for grandma no featuring a grandma on the floor in a pink lit room

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Grandma, No! is an Adventure Sandbox is developed by Wallride and published by Super Rare Originals. Wallride is known for its very fun and chaotic nature if you ever play EleMetals. You should watch their video to see just how chaotic these developers are. Honestly, what caught my eye about this game is just how limitless I can do something that will break another thing. So, get ready, because I’m going to say chaos/chaotic a lot in this preview review.

Grandma is out here with a bottomless watering can and rapid fire toots. What in the Felix the cat thing is going on?!

Gameplay

I will tell you now, Grandma, No! is a game where your brain should always be off. Don’t think, don’t worry and just trust your gut with what you do. There is a bit of story happening at the start from what I’ve seen. Your son and his wife are going to a nude beach, but it seems the babysitter is dead. Well, she was murdered and had no choice, but to have you take care of the baby.

So, your grandchild is now staying with you and your chaotic home. I honestly can’t express the amount of times I’ve allowed my brain to let loose in this game. For example, I broke a vase on accident. I thought, “Awww crap baskets. I didn’t mean to let that happen.” But, then get convinced that breaking it was a side quest and lit my brain like a cat looking at a lit Christmas tree. Just being told that I was allowed to break everything made a grown man like me cry.

So, like the meme, Wallride handed me a grenade and told me, “Go, be a grandma.”

A blue cartoon bird with wide eyes and an exaggerated expression gestures while asking about darkness, set in a colorful environment. — Loki damn it, they put a lot of Cuckoo in this clock.

Graphics & Audio

Grandma, No! has some real Looney Tunes audio with some easy on the eyes and graphic cards kind of graphics. The approach they took with doing the mini game design to look almost like Jack Box games was an amazing touch. It caught me off guard, not going to lie, but it felt perfect in this game. I felt that this whole thing was a pure chaos soup that had some unique flavours that were always changing. To some it’ll look simple, but I ask you this, would the chaos care about simplicity? I THINK NOT!

Now onto the audio, Wallride in my defense, nailed the audio for this game on this demo. From the sounds of the farts changing a lot, to the copyright-free music they created in each record disc. I also love the voice acting done for the spoken scenes to give it that chaotic life I oh so needed. Honestly, if you can say “The babysitter was murdered.” with the feeling that it happens all the time, you need an award.

I swear, hearing that line being delivered had me curious, if the mother has had any sleep since having the baby? Hopefully the nude beach will cure her from her chaotic sleep schedule.

A messy children's playroom with toys, broken items, and a small plant. A character lies on the floor beside a teddy bear and a blue wall. — I’ve fallen….BUT I CHOOSE NOT TO GET UP! Because that’ll require me to clean up after.

Final Thoughts

Though I’ve spent about 1 hour doing 2 different playthroughs of the demo, it left me wanting more. This demo should be available for everyone to try during the Steam Next Fest on Feb. 24th. Please check it out and wishlist it.

Disclaimer: A code was received in order to write this review.

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Grandma, No! – PC Demo Preview