
Beasties in this case range from a huge great bloke with a naffing scythe, local cultists with big sticks and madmen with knives, to snakes, pigs and wolves.

Those two aspects are not what will be killing you off most often though, that accolade goes to the pairing of beasties and bloody great drops. It’s no surprise that this survival game has you managing hunger and thirst like all the others, in Survival Mode it’s quite the task, but in adventure mode it’s easy enough. It can be to your advantage to wander off the beaten path in Die Young as it is here you find stashes of gear, shelters to store things in and use as fast travel points, and interesting little set pieces that give you a bit of a hint as to some back story. Your choices are to prioritise survival or to try and find your friends. This one takes off the training wheels and says “go play in the traffic, kids!” and I rather like that. This open world survival extravaganza is a pleasant change from a lot of games. I’d have left her down there to die a slow and lingering death myself, but IndieGala prefer that we get her rescued so up and at ‘em miss thing, there're weirdo cultists to stab. Yup, that’s the premise of Die Young, oversocialised and undereducated idiot gets in schtuck. Life is hard for a privileged little princess, first your boyfriend turns out to be a drug dealing scumbag, then you find out the job he promised you with a fashion empire was a lie, and then, to top it all off, instead of at a Mediterranean “Fyre festival” you’re in a well on an island. Reviews // 8th May 2021 - 2 years ago // By Chris Wootton Die Young Review
