The Deer God

Nintendo Life

Ryan Craddock·Dec 20, 2017

Critic40/100

Agreement—

Instead of being truly interesting and worth your time, however, each individual part falls flat, resulting in an disappointingly poor overall experience.

Push Square

Sam Brooke·Apr 24, 2017

Critic30/100

Agreement—

The Deer God may be a beautiful game, but behind its majestic facade lies a dull platformer that fails to challenge. All of the your adversaries are easily bypassed, and the lack of engaging stories or missions leaves this game as one of the worst things to come out of the forest since stinging nettles.

Nintendo Life

Steve Bowling·May 18, 2016

Critic40/100

Agreement—

The Deer God is beautiful. Sadly, that beauty is only skin deep. Poor design choices take away from fantastic visuals that really have to be seen. With the right level of polish, this could have been one of our favourite indie games on Wii U.Instead, clumsy quest design, repetitive environments and poor performance ensure The Deer God will be remembered as little more than eye candy.

Pure Xbox

Josephine Johnson·Sep 4, 2015

Critic40/100

Agreement—

The Deer God will inevitably divide gamer's opinions. Some will love its pixelated art style and be carried away by its themes and the emotions it invokes, while others will find it a frustrating, boring trudge from left to right. There's no denying that there is potential here and there are some very touching moments, but the flaws are so game breaking that at times it's just not any fun to play.