Fall Guys but with Human Screams

September 6, 2020 8:39 AM

Fall Guys is a cute battle-royale multiplayer gaming hit taking inspiration from shows like Takeshi's Castle and Total Wipeout. Who would have thought adding human screams would have made it so hilarious?
posted by mokey (14 comments total)

Hilarious! My 7 year old daughter and I just started playing this, and we’ve made it to the final round once. Didn’t even come close. It’s definitely one of those “I hate this f&@!ing game and I can’t stop playing it ” experiences.
posted by schoolgirl report at 9:04 AM on September 6, 2020

“I believe in myself!”
posted by njohnson23 at 9:10 AM on September 6, 2020 [1 favorite]

My kids have been playing this quite a lot. There are a couple of other crazy blob-people games that are also a lot of fun - Human: Fall Flat and Gang Beasts.
posted by pipeski at 9:50 AM on September 6, 2020

I went and played this for my break since you had reminded me. Got three first round knockouts in a row then through to the final, then some bad luck on choice in a game. I've been playing a few weeks and in some games can see the improvement, others not so much. I suck at Slime Climb and am so bad at the Hex Be Gone game I might as well throw myself off the edge at the start. Fall Mountain offers the only chance of my winning a crown in the final, been about to jump for the win and someone grabbed it from the other side once.

Been an uptick in griefers in the last week I would say.
posted by biffa at 10:13 AM on September 6, 2020

I've watched a few LP videos of it, it's pretty nice visual background noise when I'm on my exercycle. A couple streams have clearly shown other people (not the streamers) using cheats; teleporting or flying to the finish faster than it would be possible to run there, or rushing through trial-and-error puzzles consistently and infallibly. It'll be nice if the game company can put a clamp on those soon.
posted by ardgedee at 11:19 AM on September 6, 2020

Yeah, I've noticed a couple of odd beans floating through the air during races in the last couple of days.
posted by biffa at 11:55 AM on September 6, 2020

Watching speedrunners optimize their runs has been really fun and mindblowing.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:15 PM on September 6, 2020

MetaFilter: Who would have thought adding human screams would have made it so hilarious?
posted by chavenet at 2:05 PM on September 6, 2020 [2 favorites]

I don’t understand these blob people games - are the controls supposed to feel like you’re playing underwater? Because I keep trying to give them a shot and can’t get past the awful awkward controls.
posted by The Hyacinth Girl at 9:00 PM on September 6, 2020

I think the awkwardness is a deliberate part of the experience, yeah - like three-legged races.
posted by AdamCSnider at 9:39 PM on September 6, 2020

MetaFilter: Who would have thought adding human screams would have made it so hilarious?

I wonder if Metafilter taglines are the internet's longest-running meme? Could this be where they started?
posted by mokey at 10:50 PM on September 6, 2020

I don’t understand these blob people games - are the controls supposed to feel like you’re playing underwater? Because I keep trying to give them a shot and can’t get past the awful awkward controls.

I've seen Random People Complaining that the PS4 version (on a non-Pro PS4) has a bunch of input lag and it's not supposed to be like that. Apparently the input lag is tied to framerate so PS4 Pro and PC players aren't getting it since they get 60 fps.

I play on a regular PS4 and I thought it was supposed to be like that. I have a difficult time with the jumps.
posted by neckro23 at 11:53 AM on September 7, 2020

Thanks God. I thought I was having some sort of break between messages sent from my brain not reaching my fingers.
posted by biffa at 7:26 AM on September 8, 2020

Incidentally, if you haven't had enough Fall Guys horror this month, here's some official canon.
posted by ardgedee at 5:29 PM on September 23, 2020