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Director(s) Alexandr Potapenko Writer(s) Mike Rose Developer Pinokl Games | 9/10 Steam Programmer(s) Alexandr Ponomariov Initial release date 2015 Publisher tinyBuild Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Producer(s) Alex NichiporchikIgor Arterchuk Designer(s) Alexandr PonomariovIgor ArterchukAlexandr Potapenko Artist(s) Sergiy PolobyukVitaliy Bondarchuk Platforms PlayStation 4, Android, Xbox One, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems, Fire OS Similar tinyBuild games, Strategy video games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Party Hard is an action stealth video game developed by Pinokl Games and published by tinyBuild Games for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Fire OS, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One and also coming to iOS and Android. In this game, players assume the role of a serial killer who infiltrate several parties with the objective of killing all attendants without getting caught.
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Gameplay
The gameplay is quite similar to Hitman. If you kill a person within their sight, they are alerted and will call the cops, and if the NPC finds a dead body, they will call the cops, who puts them in a body-bag. In addition to that, the player can hide dead bodies in dumpsters and other concealed locations. The player can trigger traps, such as poisoning drinks, making speakers explode, destroying dance floors, cutting down trees, starting fires and short circuiting electricity boards. The player also has limited use weapons like swords (with an area damage), bombs and stun grenades, which are collected from suitcases. They can also pick up disguises and other collectibles. Bouncers are spotted regularly and if the player gets spotted, the bouncers will kick the player to death. If the player keeps using a escape route from the police and if he escapes, a Mario like person will block the path, so that the player cannot use. Partying people are distracted most of the time, and the player can take out more than 2-3 people out in this manner before being detected.The police in the game are ruthless, being very hard to escape from unless the player has known the map very well. Special Agents are called in if the police is killed.
Twitch.tv integration
The game integrates with the streaming site Twitch.tv. The viewers of the livestream can trigger events within the game, such as SWAT raids or rampaging bears. The twitch-exclusive events were later enabled for non-streaming players.
Plot
Initially, you play as a man named Darius who finds it difficult to sleep when there are active party-goers nearby. He decides to kill them all using a standard knife. There are four other unlockable characters, including a Ninja (obtained by clearing a level with no bodies found), Policeman (obtained by completing all the levels), Katie (obtained by escaping the police 5 times in one game; also the only person available on a specific level), and the Butcher (obtained by killing 1000 people). Each level takes place at a party with a different theme, interactive objects, and "special guests," who are people that you call to distract/kill party guests. The completion of these levels also unlocks the storyline, which focuses on Detective John West's detailing of the Party Hard Killings of autumn, 2000.
The story starts with the killer, fed up of the noise and of a neighbourhood party. He then takes a knife and a hockey mask (similar to Friday the 13th) and kills everyone. He then goes on to massacre more at a ranch party, a Rooftop Party in LA, parties elsewhere in Miami and other US cities. The cutscenes follow Detective West tracking down the events to find Darius.
Reception
Party Hard received "mixed or average" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.