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Death Park is a survival horror game developed and published by Euphoria Games, the game is the first in a series of survival horror games called Death Park, the game follows a young boy who must solve puzzles in order to kill an evil clown and to escape from his dream.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) While the graphics look okay for the most part, they can somewhat be mediocre, for example, the blood looks more like jelly and the clown looks rather oily than intended to, the console versions, however, makes this worse by downgrading it, which causes the graphics to look more like an early PS3 game, even indie horror games like Among the Sleep had way better graphics and was also released from a foreign indie studio.
 * 2) The clown, which is the main antagonist of the game, is a rip-off of Pennywise from the It series since both are evil and demented clown that try to kill a child and also give off an extremely evil laugh, not only is said clown a rip-off of said villain, he's also a rip-off of Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street series since both are demonic entities that try to kill someone during their sleep and mean also be killed to end the dream, thus making the clown a double rip-off.
 * 3) The controls don't make any sense at all, for example, when using the joy-stick, you can only run by pointing upwards, and when you try to go backwards, you start walking, in the console versions, to select an item, you need to use the right joy-stick, which is really uncomfortable to use, shouldn’t they like use the D-pad to select an item?
 * 4) Many of puzzles are a bit confusing and don't make any sense at all, for example, you may find a series of numbers, which would make think you are going to enter them at a random keypad lock, but when you use them after finding said codes, instead of just clicking onto the numbers, the game just quickly unlocks the door, thus decreasing the difficulty.
 * 5) *Additionally, to get the good ending, you need to find a clock which is located inside a barn, and while you do get it, you need to place it onto the nearest desk, but the game doesn't inform you to do so, and if you don't, then you get the bad ending, which makes it slightly harder to get the good ending.
 * 6) There is a lot of fog, which was added to give the map an illusion that it is bigger, but it's pointless since you can find empty grounds by looking at a certain area, such as the area with the train tracks, which causes the illusion to be obvious, also because of the fog, it can be difficult to do certain puzzles, since the fog makes it harder to not only find the areas but also trying to avoid the clown.
 * 7) The game's supposed "boss fights" are very underwhelming, as there are only two of them, and speaking of which:
 * 8) *The first boss is not a boss, but rather a chase sequence of some sort, but it is rather hard to escape from the clown, since when the chase begins, the camera then looks at the exact location the clown is standing at.
 * 9) *The second boss, which is the final one, is pathetic, since you need to avoid the clown ramming at you with fire coming out of him, and then after that, you need to lock him in a nearby cage, and when you do that, it just ends, making this not only the most disappointing final boss, but also the most shortest and perhaps, the easiest final boss fight ever.
 * 10) Certain parts of the game are stolen from various media.
 * 11) *For starters, the walking animation used for the clown is taken off from the Unity Asset Store, which is very noticeable since a YouTuber by the name of Thinknoodles found it too similar to the walking animation of another horror game named Erich Sann.
 * 12) *The sound effect used for completing the objective is eerily similar to the mobile game Subway Surfers coin sound and Scary Teacher 3Ds coin sound.
 * 13) *The old version of the game's app icon is a image of Pennywise's face with his iconic balloon, and to make things worse, Pennywise is playable in the game as a skin for the clown, which is illegal since Pennywise is from Warner Bros. and Stephen King, whereas Warner Bros. would sue the game developer Euphoria Games, for copyright infringement.
 * 14) The game's ending is lame, depending on which ending you've got:
 * 15) *The bad ending has the protagonist waking up in a solitary confinement room being confused, before being jumpscared by the clown, before ending the game.
 * 16) *The good ending has the protagonist waking up on his bed, whereas he shuts off the alarm clock which is located at the barn.

Good Qualities

 * 1) While mediocre, the graphics do look nice, and also gives the game a nice nostalgic feel to those who played various horror games on PC such as Emily Want to Play and Left 4 Dead, on that topic, the mediocre graphics does succeed in giving the game a creepy atmosphere, as the clown does look pretty creepy when compared to other horror game antagonists.
 * 2) * Additionally, the only console version that has nice graphics is the Nintendo Switch version.
 * 3) The soundtrack is pretty decent, and does fit the game's horror atomosphere very well, the chase theme is also epic while the final boss music is just as awesome.
 * 4) The monster clown's design is pretty terrifying at least, thanks to his right eye being heavily mutated and his somewhat creepy tongue with his ear-grating scream.
 * 5) Fortunately, when the game was considered on getting a console release, Pennywise was removed from the game to avoid a lawsuit from Warner Bros.
 * 6) To be fair, all of the bad qualities are reasonable since the game was the first game made by Euphoria Games.
 * 7) The second game, Death Park 2, was a minor improvement, as it had improved graphics, good voice acting and included weapons.

Reception
The game received mixed reviews from critics and gamers alike, TheXboxHub gave the Xbox One version a mixed review, calling it a "jank horror" with a decent amount of experience.

Gamers however, were slightly more favorable, on Steam, the game has over 74 reviews, all of which were "Very Positive".

Trivia

 * As mentioned previously, the Pennywise skin was removed while the app icon was changed to avoid a lawsuit with Warner Bros. for copyright infringement.

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