Manual Samuel

Funny as hell and weirdly charming.
This game is a short ride but gets tricky in spots. The whole idea is that your character’s dead and can’t control his body anymore, so Death sends him back for a second shot. From there, you’re juggling arms, legs, breathing, blinking – all at the same time. Sounds silly, but it’s tougher than it looks. You’re constantly hitting buttons like crazy and sometimes barely pulling it off.
One gripe – after a while, moving your legs gets seriously annoying. Your brain starts glitching out, you mix up keys, and suddenly you're falling over like a baby deer. Frustrating? Yep. But also kinda hilarious.
If you’ve played stuff like Randall’s Monday and dig that quirky sense of humor, this one’s probably up your alley. Just be ready to actually play this time – no mindless clicking here.

100% Achievement Review: A quick review based on my experience completing all the (available) achievements.
Title: Manual Samuel
Summary: Funny keyboard game
Personal notes: A funny short story based on controlling Samuel manually, reminds me of Octodad but 2D with some dark humour. I had a decent time with this game although the time trials were quite frustrating.
Time it took to complete: 4hrs
Most difficult achievement(s):
- HOLY FECES! (Unlock all the Achievements in Manual Samuel)
- Golden Furniture (Get gold on every time trial)
Difficulty rating:
★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ 4/10
Overall rating:
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ 5/10

Do you ever wonder how hard life would be if you had to breathe and blink manually? Me neither, at least until Manual Samuel came into my life. Manuel Samuel is an adventure puzzle game that tells the story of Samuel, a real douche bag person who doesn’t seem to care about anyone around him including his girlfriend. And his behavior pushes her over the edge sending him on a trip to hell, not directly but it starts the journey. It’s tough to break down Manuel Samuel into sections cause the game isn’t really like most other adventure games. Never before has walking been so difficult in a video game.
Sam has a horrible day and ends up dying within the first 5 minutes of gameplay. And this introduces him to Death. A skateboarding bro who wears long sweatshirts and a sideways cap. And Death offers him a deal the spoiled rich-kid Samuel, must survive for 24 hours controlling his entire body manually. Considering he’s the face of the game, he’s on all the promotional material and the menus I think you’re supposed to like him. I don’t; particularly he comes off as grating and obnoxious which by the description of him makes sense. In fact, a lot of the game comes off as obnoxious it has a funny tone but never made me laugh and since the gameplay is not whats bringing you In the writing needs to be on point. Which it isn’t always. Although my favorite character written and voiced was the narrator, he had some nice lines of dialogue.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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Nice game to kill time, effects are funny enough that I can overlook the fact that it's highly repetitive.
Wish I could find someone to try out coop with, though.

This is a very big "Yes but..". If you enjoy the humor the story can be very enjoyable. The game play is interesting yet simple, however in my opinion is best played on a controller. There is also a known glitch for the final boss fight were certain keyboards simply can't beat it so +1 for controller.
All of that being said, the game is painfully short. I usually have a standard for $1 for one hour of game play, I beat the game in less than an hour. Now, did I get $10 of enjoyment out of it? Yes, but the short length is something to consider. On sale it is definitely worth it
TL;DR Games humor, story and characters good, game very short, Buy on sale, play with controller. I love ass.

Very unique game. I remember the comedy being funnier than it is now, though. Also could be longer. But still a fun playthrough.