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56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
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  1. Just Adventure
    91
    The developers put a lot of effort into the player experience and took a few risks trying to break the mold along the way.
  2. Game Chronicles
    80
    I really like the player's changing perspective of the island form day to day and I liked the panty shots *cough*… I mean the nicely done character models. The puzzles while brutal were straight forward and to the point.
  3. Game Over Online
    68
    I liked Next Life better than "Culpa Innata," but that's about as left-handed as my left-handed recommendations get.
  4. Cheat Code Central
    68
    It does what any solid game in the genre should by immersing players in a deeply interactive and fantastic story environment. It also creates a strong sense of intrigue which will draw you forward through the plot of the game. The problem is there are frequent moments were players may wish to keep moving ahead to find out what happens next, yet they'll be impeded by a number of unintentionally frustrating obstacles in the gameplay.
  5. Game Almighty
    61
    Next Life could have been fantastic. It is by no means bad – just held back by some strange design oversights.
  6. GameZone
    60
    Slow and monotonous.
  7. Four Fat Chicks
    60
    The premise and the promise of Next Life led this reviewer to really look forward to spending some hours with these "reprobates." Unfortunately, I can only give a mixed rating to a flawed title.
  8. GamingExcellence
    50
    While it is worth checking out Next Life merely for its intrigue, the slow pace and brain-numbing puzzles will leave most adventurers high and dry and barred from the continued storyline that might otherwise quench their thirsts.
  9. Quandary
    50
    I think Next Life could have been awesome. Shorter, sharper, and throw out the arcade puzzles.
  10. IGN
    45
    Next Life's story gets more…intriguing? as you go, but the animation and gameplay continue to be a slow drip of super-clunk tempered only a little by a sprinkle of more action-oriented mini-games.
  11. GameSpot
    45
    Tedious pace and annoying pixel hunts sabotage this surreal adventure.
  12. Adventure Gamers
    40
    Next Life is fairly lengthy, probably 15+ hours of playtime, but it's not quality time because of the abundance of backtracking and slow animations.
  13. PC Gamer
    38
    Your current life is too short to waste on this next one. [Mar 2008, p.77]
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4.4 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 2 out of 2
  1. CarlF.
    3
    Slow! Interaction is non-existent Only scripted lines without ability to create new scenerios.
  2. TrustME!
    2
    Pro: Great story Con: Awful graphics, sloooooow, buggy, glitch and a lot more.
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