A Review of Lethal Company
By Joshua Alexander Breneiser, Managing Editor
November 29th, 2023
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Lethal Company is a multiplayer horror game that has been taking the internet by storm. The game consists of 1-4 players who have to make a specific amount of money (the profit quota) every 3 days to please a company. In order to make money, the group has to travel to different moons to collect scrap (metal, bottles, airhorns, etc.). Most of the scrap is hidden away in a building located on each moon; players have to safely navigate the inside of the building or else they might fall to their death inside of a pit. It might sound easy at first, but as players traverse each moon, monsters can attack at any moment and kill anyone that gets in their way. If enough scrap is collected after 3 days, the players can sell it to the company to get started on their next quota. However, if the group doesn’t have enough to meet the profit quota, they’re fired from the company and lose the game.
I heard about Lethal Company when scrolling through social media and I was intrigued about the quantity of users praising it online. Since it piqued my interest a lot, I decided to buy the game for $9.99. As of writing this review, I’ve played the game for around 9 hours in total with a few of my friends. We also went in with barely any knowledge of how to play or what to do. After playing for a little while, I noticed some major strengths that helped the game become as popular as it is.
One of Lethal Company’s biggest strengths is the online multiplayer, which allows anyone to play with their friends. I believe this one feature is the main reason why the game works so well, along with the inclusion of proximity chat. Proximity chat simulates real-life communication since it allows players to talk to each other based solely on how close they are to each other. Voices can also be distorted or cut off based on player position and death, adding another layer of realism to the communication. The proximity chat and multiplayer combined with the game’s horror elements create so many entertaining and hilarious moments that are guaranteed to make you laugh, whether it’s witnessing the death of one of your friends or hearing a scream get perfectly cut off. People love seeing their favorite content creators and friends get scared, and this game provides those types of moments every time.
The way monsters are included in Lethal Company is its second biggest strength. Lethal Company does a very good job at making a variety of different creatures that inhabit the moons. Each of them also has different personalities and unique mechanics, making the player fear whether or not they’ll be mauled. These monsters can also appear randomly and kill, even if they’re not seen by anyone, scaring the player as a result. For example, one of the monsters, known as the Bracken, can sneak up behind the player and break their neck. Even if they don’t sneak up behind the player, most of them are fast and can chase people down if given the opportunity, causing panic and fear. Also, when playing for the first time with no knowledge, the players are forced to figure out how to survive each monster as they encounter them, making the game more enjoyable.
Along with these two strengths, there are also some minor weaknesses that plague the game. The first weakness has to do with the gameplay, which can be somewhat repetitive at times. The game consists of going to a moon, finding an entrance to a building, collecting a good amount of scrap without dying, and then leaving. Even though this can be fun for a while, once you encounter most of the monsters and get used to the game, it starts feeling like you’re doing the same thing over and over again. Another weakness would be Lethal Company’s different moons. While some of them are easy to learn and memorize, some are hard to navigate due to their terrain. It also doesn’t help that some moons can have fog, making it almost impossible to find the building’s entrance and losing precious time for collecting scrap. The last weakness I want to mention is the single-player mode. While playing alone makes the experience scarier, it doesn’t feel as fun and the world feels a bit more empty than usual. The game also gets more difficult since one player has to get all of the scraps by themself, which is already a hard task for multiple people.
Reflecting on Lethal Company, it’s a great game to play with friends despite a few minor issues with gameplay. Not only does it provide a lot of scares and horror, but also a good amount of fun and humor as well. It costs only $9.99, which is an affordable price for anyone wanting to buy a game. On a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being the worst and 10 being the best, I give Lethal Company a 7.5/10. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fun multiplayer experience.
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