Reviews

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  JayBiggsGaming

  Dec 2, 2016

  Full disclosure: I know one of the game's developers. So far the game is pretty good! I am only on the second section (The Naughty List) by this point but it is already getting more challenging. The guard dogs are vicious The rifle carrying Grandma's are a crack shot The Egg Nog is tasty
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  Suge

  Dec 2, 2016

  This game will make you jump! Every time I get caught my heart skips a beat and all the hairs on my body stand on end. Just wait until you encounter the gunner grandmas, yikes! It's a nice simple game where you can just jump in and fart around when you got nothing else to do but don’t feel like investing in a more complicated game. For the price, I have no complaints. This would be a great game for my phone. I hope to see it on the app store someday. I would suggest letting people know in the menu, that the spacebar is the main key to press for selecting menu options and the in game ability key as well.
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  Twistor

  Dec 4, 2016

  [b]Briefly: An arcade stealth-puzzle, [i]Secret Santa[/i] is short but fun game with a hilarious idea and moderate execution.[/b] In some western cultures during Christmas, Santa sneaks into peoples' homes and leaves presents to the nice children. Why he has to sneak like that? Why not just boldly step into their homes and be warmly welcomed? Well, that's just the weird Finnish way. Anyhow, this becomes the idea behind [i]Secret Santa[/i]. Children and sometimes adults are on the look out to catch [i]Santa[/i] while he sneaks to the Christmas tree, leaves his gifts and sneaks back to the chimney. [h1]Mission Christmas tree[/h1] Each level starts and ends at the chimney. Santa has to find his way to the Christmas tree while avoiding any "guards" like children, gun-wielding elderly and dogs, and traps like bear traps and effing mines and lasers. Santa gets three doses of sleep powder to take out guards to add some tactics to the party. Bonus points (and an achievement) can be got by also feasting on all the cookies and eggnog you can find, usually hiding behind an additional set of traps and guards. As a funny detail, the levels are children on "Nice lists" and "Naughty lists" etc. Nice people's houses are (quite logically) the easy levels and the naughtier they get, the more traps and guards there are. Also, as a nice detail the naughty children surely don't get presents. Finally, you even get to play as Krampus, with his own powers! In a way the easy and medium levels act as organic tutorials, introducing new mechanics and traps. The level design is good and diverse. Everything is deterministic, if not always synchronized, rendering the levels into kind of stealth puzzles, especially once the freaking murderers appear. [h1]Technically simplistic[/h1] While the game is good, its options are limited. The controls are arrow keys and space (for action) but they cannot be changed. There appears to be no controller support currently. Aspect ratio can be changed conveniently at any time but otherwise there are no resolution options or option to go windowed mode or adjust volume settings. As for gameplay, my only qualm are the clumsy, unreliable hitboxes. The game appears to use two different kinds of hitboxes, ones for stationary traps and ones for guards with sight. The stationary traps were okay: you hit the trap if your shadow directly under you hits it so that's logical. However the guards, with their various lines of sight, would sometimes notice Santa even just seeing a tip of his hat. I felt it didn't make sense much as it surely looked like they wouldn't notice him. It could be even rage-inducing at times to lose a level repeatedly through such shenanigans. A word on the music, I'm sure you are not surprised that it's a bunch of remixed Christmas tunes. A pleasant soundtrack, it's not fancy but it works. [h1]Merry Gear Solid vs. Secret Santa[/h1] There was a short-lived controversy in the discussions about the similarities between Merry Gear Solid (MGS) and this title (SS). Having checked some videos of that game, they share the idea but MGS is a full-blown puzzle game with a story, while this is more like a casual arcade stealth game. Gameplay is quite different between the titles, MGS having and using special items in a single house while SS having individual houses with the idea "get in, do the thing, get out". Besides, the devs of [i]Secret Santa[/i] even credit MGS devs, so I think they are alright. [h1]Conclusions[/h1] I beat the whole game in 1.5 hours. Was it worth it? I think it has just enough content for the full (anyway cheap) price. It's fun though not exactly relaxing (considering the annoying hitboxes). Also, for once I completed a seasonally fitting game.
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  T&J

  Dec 4, 2016

  the fucking bear traps
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  TTV | DiablerieGaming

  Dec 19, 2016

  1 Dollar for every hour of fun if you want to complete the whole game. Did I say fun? If pulling your hair and screaming at the top of your lungs once you think you've finished a level and the laser (that I swear shoots chili at you) hits you in your fat santa toe, then yeah, it's fun. It's not overly challenging and playing as Krampus at the end was a blast! Worth getting for the price!
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  Nordiepoo

  Dec 19, 2016

  THIS GAME IS NOT CHRISTMAS! THIS GAME IS HATRED!!!!!1!111!!!!!!!!
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  Pingster

  Dec 25, 2016

  I tried. I really did. I watched Michael's RageQuit on this. I was prepared for it. I was wrong. Nothing prepares you for the ass kicking that you receive in this game. Grinch didn't steal the Christmas, the kids in this game did. Brings you back to the olden days when everything was difficult as hell. Props for that!
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  lil ceej

  Dec 31, 2016

  aw hell yeah this game is my shit
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  Rest in Peace Tron.

  Jan 2, 2017

  Wouldn't recommend this game, all you do is just walk around. I beat one list and got bored, there's really nothing that offers to the gameplay.
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  NighT WolF

  Jun 30, 2017

  + Good and challenging level design (Combination of Stealth, Strategy, Puzzle and Precision) + Very good soundtrack + Accurate controls + Good variation of Enemies and Obstacles + Kept me interested to finish it the entire time - Really harsh hit dedection - It's not always obvious, when they can spot you or shoot you. - Easy to get blocked by a wall or furniture in the levels sometimes Overall, it is a nice, but short game.
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  twitch.tv/vitodesani

  Nov 22, 2017

  Divertido!
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  Celestypoo

  Nov 23, 2017

  Fun game! You need to be good at sneaking and deciding which people to put to sleep.
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  Falco

  Nov 25, 2017

  its good
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  Mr.G

  Dec 3, 2017

  Secret Santa, Challenging yet fun. The game is certainly a good mixture of both, plus the Pixel art style is awesome as well.
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  Artemis.YT

  Dec 8, 2017

  Fun cheap game! I found it hilarious that everyone is trying to kill santa.
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  JoeJoeLouis

  Dec 24, 2017

  It's the least bad fun you'll have all chirstmas day!
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  Kirby Rindude Osborn

  Apr 16, 2018

  Santa breaks into little kid's homes and puts them to sleep with white powder? 9/10 realism, would have 10 if the santa in the game turned out to be a creepy hobo
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  Trevor Pickard

  Nov 27, 2018

  Very hard, good time waster. I found it extremely difficult at the time I was playing it. Would recommend to people who want something for a perfect game that requires hard work.
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  FooJay

  Sep 19, 2019

  how the hell does santa do this every year?
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  Rainbowheart02

  Nov 2, 2019

  This game is fun and has a lot of charm. I play it every year in December to get in the festive mood.