Peace, Death! Switch Review – 666 Clients Sentenced

Death is coming, and all because of pizza. Time to fear the Reaper in Peace, Death! That’s right, the Reaper wants pizza. Actually, not the reaper, but a reaper. To get pizza, they need money, and that means a j-o-b.

In Peace, Death! You are the reaper, working for Apocalypse Inc. – judging whether folk get into Heaven or Hell by a tap left for Hell, right for Heaven. Later, a tap down for Purgatory was used to keep things a shade of grey. Not that kind of shade, pervert. Think of Peace, Death! as a moral Tinder – I mean, sending people to their eternal doom is much more ethical than a swipe over vanity. Is Peace, Death! any good? Hell yeah!

Peace, Death! Switch Review

There aren’t any new worlds or (playable) characters to unlock. Instead, you progress through each day at work finishing on the weekend. So based on the Peace Death! trailer, what you see is what you get, and for that, it’s a good thing.

Peace, Death! is an observation game. You can, of course, send everyone to Hell for whatever reason – and why not? You don’t need a reason. Although, if you want to play the game properly, you need to follow the simple rules, basing your decision on appearance. So I guess it is like Tinder. The difference between Peace, Death! and Tinder is you can do the latter anonymously, but under the roof of Apocalypse Inc., you are under the watchful eyes of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Death, Pestilence, War and Kevin.

Day one of your seven-week probation has you swipe left (Hell) for all demons and right (Heaven) for all humans. Easy peasy. Next, any of your ‘clients’ with horns go straight to Hell. However, so do the demons. You see the criteria from the day before. Later on in the week, you have swipe left for clients who are demons, have horns, carry a weapon and have blood on them.

Sending the demons to hell

It still sounds easy, but you need to do it as fast as possible to get a decent ranking. On top of that, there are events where you have about four seconds to make each decision. Complete the day with accuracy, and it unlocks these as clients. Of course, this makes it more challenging as more clients are needed to differentiate, and we are all different. We aren’t numbers. We’re demons too.

It’s challenging when extra buttons are introduced, such as pressing ‘X’ to remove a client’s hat to check for horns. Peace, Death! resembles a much simpler version of a QTE game like Dragon’s Lair or Shenmue mini-games – albeit without the cursors on the screen. Peace, Death! is a lot more fun, though. The biggest comparison is Papers, Please, (or using the power of time travel, Techno Banter).

Some of the clients are pretty awesome. Tupac is in there (but he isn’t dead), along with Trump, but to my delight – Jay and Silent Bob appear. The bulk of these unlock from events, catastrophes and theme days. The first launched a busload of clients with an ancient Egyptian theme. The gods were a little confusing as they could pass as demons. I’m not being deep – Anubis has a jackal for a head.

Multi-tasking for the wicked

Time is of the essence, as the faster you complete the day with high accuracy, the better rank you get and the more goodies you unlock. After each level, you can buy bonuses that will help you with the next level or perhaps put in a shift for one of the other employees, thus earning you some more loot.

I completed week one in my first sitting as I was enjoying it so much. Accuracy wasn’t an issue for me as I initially took my time as I loved reading the witty dialogue or reference to a celeb (I’m sure I saw Jimmy Kimmel and Conan amongst my clients). When you are familiar with the sometimes repeated character or dialogue, you can attempt to be a bit cocky and speed up, but there are quite a few things to remember when processing a client, so Peace, Death! keeps you on your toes.

Peace Death! Switch Review Summary

With the amount to choose from in the eShop, I’d recommend getting this for a quick game. While it’s great to have an opus like Octopath Traveler or Dark Souls Remastered, I do like the pick-up and play style of Peace, Death! So, give peace a chance and send ‘em to Hell.