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World Gone Sour

In a World Gone Sour, players take on the role of a lost Sour Patch Kid in a stylized human world, guiding their hero across some very unique environments. Use a combination of jumps, special abilities, and…

72 20 December 2011

World Gone Sour is a platform developed by Playbrains, released 20 December 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What World Gone Sour is

World Gone Sour is a platform game developed by Playbrains and released in 2011. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

In a World Gone Sour, players take on the role of a lost Sour Patch Kid in a stylized human world, guiding their hero across some very unique environments. Use a combination of jumps, special abilities, and puzzle-solving skills to navigate the Sour Patch hero through some larger-than-life obstacles. But be careful! During this journey, players will experience some very unusual enemies- escaping from deranged humans, and facing off against mind-controlled dolls!
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

How it was received

World Gone Sour holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

World Gone Sour launched on 20 December 2011, within three weeks of Mario Kart 7, Trine 2, Age of Empires III: Complete Collection and Star Wars: The Old Republic. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 7, Trine 2, Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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When did World Gone Sour come out?
World Gone Sour was released on 20 December 2011 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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