Some people say, that there’s nothing going on in gamer’s world on summer. Looks quite different for me this year. I’m not just playing games for which there was no time before. There are also many interesting demos.

And because I kinda like episodic gameplay and first episode of American McGee’s Grimm was sent free on the net, I had to try it. Actually I didn’t know much about this game and maybe it’s better, because my expectations weren’t so high.

What’s this game about? About being evil. Many gamers love to be bad.  And even I’m sometimes disgusted from all the pastel colored animals and shiny happy sun. So your character - Grimm - is here to make everything a little more ugly and less shiny.

Everywhere, where he moves, the beautiful fairytale world’s changing to a smelly horror dream full of ghosts, ghouls and zombies. And using his special ability he can spread ugliness all around him.

In core, this game is nothing more than an jumping arcade. An easy one, because you can’t lose. If you die, it’s no problem and you born somewhere near again. And even your objectives aren’t very difficult. You must spread enough ugliness around you. Some characters try to stop your spreading  and clear the world again, but you can make them sleep and continue.

Your only enemy is the time here. But you don’t have any time limit, you just can try to be faster next time. And to tell the truth, time is an enemy of game itself. Because I finished first episode in about 40 minutes, I hope that the next one, that won’t be for free, will be at least twice as long.

Download American McGee’s Grimm Episode 1