The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

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  • Summary: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. BaziCenter
    May 7, 2022
    100
    The Stanly Parable may seem so simple and straightforward at the first glance, but every time you beat the game and start over from Stanly’s office, things can change so drastically that you can’t even believe it, making The Stanly Parable a benchmark when it comes to story telling and how decision making affects gameplay.
  2. Finger Guns
    May 6, 2022
    100
    The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an essential gaming experience. It’s simultaneously a hilariously absurd adventure that can be enjoyed on its own merits and an insightful examination of storytelling in gaming. The acutely self-aware new content reframes the original game to give it refreshing new purpose alongside a cluster of new barbs aimed at the flaws in modern gaming. A must play.
  3. 4Players.de
    May 13, 2022
    93
    Insanely fun and clever walking simulator with fresh content that brings a new dimension to the original adventure and pushes the video game medium forward.
  4. Push Square
    Apr 27, 2022
    90
    Visually it's definitely an improvement, although it's behind the curve by modern standards. It makes up for that by doubling the size of the game with all-new content, alterations to existing endings, and more that fans will adore. If you've played The Stanley Parable before, Ultra Deluxe gives you lots of reasons to revisit the experience. If this'll be your first time, well, lucky you. Once the element of surprise is gone, there's little reason to return — but while it lasts, this is easily among gaming's most unique and memorable journeys.
  5. Video Chums
    May 3, 2022
    80
    Although it's short-lived, I had some good fun with The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. Its sheer absurdity had me laughing out loud on a few occasions but I also wish there was more to it such as additional gameplay elements other than simply walking through doors.
  6. Slant Magazine
    May 15, 2022
    80
    It’s a pseudo-sequel in the guise of a console port with some nice new accessibility options that cannot stop riffing on the fact that the original game was pretty much already a masterpiece.
  7. PLAY
    Jun 22, 2022
    80
    A humorous tumble down the videogaming rabbit hole, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe gives us pointed, witty observations about game design. [Issue#15, p.91]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 4 out of 21
  1. lewis1992
    Apr 29, 2022
    10
    So glad I went into this game blind, without knowing anything beforehand. Definitely stop reading reviews and just play the game! Amazing experience!
  2. Peanuts_dx
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    To quote from a review I read once:"It's brilliant. Why? That would spoil it. You're just gonna have to trust me."
  4. MrMed
    Apr 29, 2022
    10
    2013's The stanley parable is a classic. Full of humour and deep messages, a true successor of the first and the second Portal. Like The2013's The stanley parable is a classic. Full of humour and deep messages, a true successor of the first and the second Portal. Like The begginger's guide (2015, also written by Davey Wreden), this game talks about videogame... but from the player's perspective and about game design.

    It's a walking simulator. That mean if you don't get it, you don't get it. You walk, sometimes you can interact with objects and buttons, and that's all folks. To fully understand The stanley parable, one of the first scene is perfect. "You have two doors in front of you. The narrator says you going to take the left door. Do you really want to take the left door or are you betray the narrator and try the one on your right ?" That's all the magic of the game. The respect or the direspect of the narrator. The more you play, the more you find ways to challenge the narrator. Fun to play and really original.

    But what's new in The stanley parable : Ultra Deluxe ? Absolutely everything. The 2013's version is still one of my most iconic play in life. And i thanks me for playing the Ultra Deluxe at day one to avoid spoiler. Ultra Deluxe is presented as a remake from the 2013's version, with new content added. I'm not going to spoil.But the fact that you'll find all the orignal Stanley Parable content, the Ultra Deluxe content and the smartest surprises you'll ever find in a videogame... makes this game a real love letter to the game and the fans of the first episode. I enjoyed the time and felt rewarwed by the dev.

    I'm not spoiling everything. If you liked the first one you NEED to do this one. If you never played the first Stanley Parable, just go for it. Try it. And of course, don't look any test or stream before jumping on it.

    Don't forget your bucket and enjoy !    … Expand
  5. MrXd
    Mar 5, 2023
    10
    One of the best games i ever played. Stanley comes back with the Ultra Delux edition, showing us a new point of view in games, entertainmentOne of the best games i ever played. Stanley comes back with the Ultra Delux edition, showing us a new point of view in games, entertainment and sometimes thinking of life.
    In the game we played as Stanley, a worker that has his own office, the 427 room, and besides his work for many people could be bored and repetitive, he founds it fantastic and wonderful, just pressing button in some particular point that the computer command it, staying appart of the outside. One day, all his co workers were gone, just and its sounds, and also, the most terrified thing, the computer don't tell him what to do so he now is free. Outside his room, a narrator appears and narrates our trip in every action we made, like describing thing, criticizes us, complains of our actions and some times being kind with us depends the ocation.
    In our experience, we travel all the builng knowing their secrets and what or why this happened.
    Besides the plot sound pretty simple, Stanley and the narrator gives us one of the best story's in history games with a lot of humor and complaing on what the world and society became now.
    As i mention before, now that we are free, we can do what ever we want, like don't do nothing, make annoy the narrator or follow his recomendations, and every action we made, creates a new route to a new final showing us that not everything is just following orders or walk the straight line.

    In conclution, this is one of the MUST PLAY games in all history, a game that makes me laugh everytime i played it and makes you think what we become now, 10/10.    … Expand
  6. Game_Nerd
    Jun 22, 2022
    9
    An extremely entertaining love letter to video games, of how they are designed and how players tend to interact with video game content! TakeAn extremely entertaining love letter to video games, of how they are designed and how players tend to interact with video game content! Take the 'parable' in a literal sense.

    The game mocks you and developers alike, it subverts expectations at almost every turn, it is full of humor and irony. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is refreshingly different to anything I've ever played! Strongly recommend.    … Expand
  7. iBob_1977
    Aug 2, 2022
    6
    I'm an easily satisfied and entertained gamer on my 45's, and still haven't really understood why this game is so high rated. In theI'm an easily satisfied and entertained gamer on my 45's, and still haven't really understood why this game is so high rated. In the beginning, yes, it was great, every turn was so clever and unexplainable, but after some time it was all not fun. I mean, yeah, its "good" but not like THE SECOND HIGHEST RATED PS5 GAME SO FAR!… Expand
  8. Reaperville
    Jun 1, 2022
    0
    Stupidest game ever, can't believe I got suckered. You do nothing but walk around. Run from this game and don't look back!

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