Review: Party Hard (PS4)

Finally the indie smash hit Party Hard hits PlayStation 4! It’s 3am. Your neighbors are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard.

Pros:

• Pixel graphics.
• Full Platinum trophy.
• Opening tutorial section with ongoing support in the form of papers left on the ground.
• Excellent soundtrack covering Drum and Bass, 80’s funk and a bit of techno techno.
• Game-play: Murder everyone at the party and try and do it without being seen or arrested or even killed! 
• To quote ABBA lyrics “You can dance” use it to annoy your party goers or use it to coerce them to move.
• Excellent locations from night clubs to BBQ events and even beach parties and rooftop settings.
• Hide bodies within the level by putting them in dumpsters, Throwing off balconies, burning the body in a BBQ or even just burn the room down to hide all evidence.
• If a body is spotted and someone see you then the cops will turn up and chase you. You can evade them by running away, Hiding or using a special ability like change of clothes or smoke bombs.
• You can kill police but doing so will trigger the FBI to hunt you down.
• Every time you evade the police they get stronger and faster. 
• You can listen to people talking and also doing this acts as a way to see all interact-able objects within the level. 
• Find hidden routes and rooms to help getting around. 
• You can dance! Do it to annoy people and make them move.
• Unlock new characters by obtaining certain achievements. Unlock a Ninja for example who has a sword and is an expert at hiding and moving fast.
• Mario clone guy turns up if you use a shortcut to evade police and barricades it up rendering it useless.
• You can find briefcases in a level that contain a powerful tool or a guy may give you a item. Items range from bombs to smoke bombs to change of clothes and even poison.
• Phone: You can use the phone one time in a level and it will do something. It is random but it can be things like Swatting, Strippers turning up and concealing you,Pizza guy who can help lure people away, Guys with gas bombs who kill a set amount of people and many more.
• Cameo appearances from a group of cloned characters. Mario is one but there is many more for you to find.
• Score and death count out of how many is always shown on the minimal HUD.
• Score comes up at the end of a level showing kills, trapped used and time.
• Story is one of a cop tasked with bringing you to justice, Its hilarious as it is dark. 
• Combo counter that triggers after a few kills in a row and jacks your score up.
• You can carry bodies, Even up stairs and over obstacles, but they will drip blood as you move. 
• Controls are simple: Run,stabby stab, pick up and drop bodies and interact with things in level. 
• Everything in the game is randomized from the position of items to the actual existence of items, How many people you have to kill, what the phone call brings you, placement of interact-able objects and even what objects are in the level.  Leaving you with unlimited replay ability.
• It is easy to pick up and play and you can attack the level anyway you see fit. 

Cons:

• No checkpoints or ability to save mid level.
• You can die so easily from a quick punch from a Bouncer to a tap by a policeman. 
• No online leader boards.
• Difficulty spikes through out the game mostly due to the random nature of level layout.