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Thank Goodness You're Here! review - a proper comedy gem

Eurogamer's review of Thank Goodness You're Here! Developer Coal Supper's relentlessly inventive absurdist comedy is a masterclass in gag-telling.

Its very specific brand of surreal, anything-for-a-gag whimsy won't be to everyone's taste, but the way it merrily manipulates form to heighten its impeccable comedic rhythms is a true delight to behold – even if it takes a bit of time to show the method in its mayhem. As a world, its irresistible, pulling your attention in all directions at once with its overwhelming movement and detail; spiders boing jovially on lampposts, ants shimmy up walls, scruffy pigeons flutter and fuss, while children gaily beat each other with sticks, and a man champions asbestos on the street nearby. Thank Goodness You're Here is relentless in its invention - constantly switching perspectives and playstyles to frame its gags for maximum impact, abandoning quest lines only to suddenly pick them up again much later for a bigger laugh - and the end result is something like a pie-obsessed fever dream crossed with a bawdy beat poem.

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