PC World - USA (2020-09)

SEPTEMBER 2020 PCWorld 65

and over again.

The various challenges careen between

competitive and cooperative modes. One

minute, you might be racing against 59 other

Fall Guys through long obstacle courses full of

spinning surfaces, devastating whirligig

windmills, and rotating mallets. The next, you

might be split into soccer teams trying to

plowed through
Wipeout’s zany courses
simultaneously. It even
refers to each
multiplayer run as a
“show,” split up into
several short,
randomized stages that
last roughly one to four
minutes a pop. Each
stage counts as a round,
with the goal of
outperforming the other
players to qualify for the next one. Between
each stage, the cuddly avatars of the losers
plummet from a Hollywood Squares-esque
game board, until a small handful of players
reach the final level, where they race through
an obstacle course to touch a (literal) crown
first and become the champion.
It sounds simple, and it is—your only action
buttons are jump,
dive, and grab—but
the massive crowds,
relentless pace,
ludicrous sound
effects, and
delightfully fun stages
kept us coming back
for one more round
over and over again,
huge grins on our
faces. Fall Guys begs
to be played over

45 qualified. 15 did not. Adios.

Door Dash is pure pandemonium in the early stages of a show.