My Friend Pedro Reviews

My Friend Pedro is ranked in the 83rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
7.5 / 10.0
Jun 24, 2019

Devolver Digital and DeadToast Entertainment redefine the meaning of "kill in style" in a blaze of creative destruction and temporal control.

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7 / 10
Jun 24, 2019

My Friend Pedro is a stylish and inventive arcade shooter that provides plenty of joy but isn't as groundbreaking as it initially seems.

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8 / 10.0
Jun 24, 2019

Everything in My Friend Pedro works just right with plenty of shock value and jaw dropping moments to keep you excited throughout. The challenge ramps up wonderfully and by the end of the game, you’ll be Googling to see if the developer has plans for a sequel. But don’t worry, something as novel and beautiful as this is only a few years away from becoming a Triple A title in franchises that you already love.

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PC Gamer
Top Critic
81 / 100
Jun 24, 2019

Breezy fun that also rewards combo-chasing mastery. Barrel through the story once for a laugh, then replay the best levels until you are John Wick on a skateboard.

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Jun 24, 2019

My Friend Pedro is an absolutely astonishing game, with so many elements of surprise. The combat is phenomenal with so many ways to attack your foes. My Friend Pedro is a game everyone should try, it's absolutely bananas!!

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Jun 23, 2019

Every shootout is an opportunity to execute a thoroughly balletic performance of sorts.

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8 / 10.0
Jun 22, 2019

Even though in terms of story and gameplay My Friend Pedro delivers very little new, it makes a lot fun thanks to his excellent execution and the interesting leveldesign and invites you to runs for new highscores. Fans of titles like Hotline Miami, The Hong Kong Massacre and Katana Zero are served best.

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Unscored
Jun 21, 2019

My Friend Pedro does let you realise the fantasy of conducting a bullet symphony while hanging upside down from a zipline, but like most fantasies, it doesn’t survive past the initial rush of blood to the head.

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Jun 21, 2019

My Friend Pedro is a wild ride full of high-octane action, but the game's balletic bullet catharsis is marred by the cumbersome controls and lack of clear direction.

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4 / 5.0
Jun 21, 2019

Even with forty levels, My Friend Pedro can be beaten over the course of a few sittings.

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7 / 10
Jun 21, 2019

For fans of action movies and stylish shooters that have wanted to experience The Matrix as a side-scroller, My Friend Pedro is a go, and at the current price point, it’s almost easy to recommend. Just move on to a higher difficulty after a while and on your repeat plays.

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6.7 / 10.0
Jun 21, 2019

In a subsequent trip to that action-game location we all know as The Sewers you face off against a new and deadly opponent; the hardcore gamer.

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9 / 10.0
Jun 21, 2019

My Friend Pedro: Blood, Bullets Bananas is a wildly imaginative ride that will have you appreciate friendship, and nature's perfect fruit, the banana.  The sharp presentation is met with even sharper gameplay that is one of the most entertaining executions I have played this year.

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88%
Jun 20, 2019

My Friend Pedro is weird. At first, you’re just sort of placed in this post-apocalyptic world with no recollection of your memory. You have no name and with no backstory, the action immediately begins. Enter, Pedro. The weirdness kicks right off by introducing you to a sentient banana named Pedro, reminding me immediately of Sparx from Spyro The Dragon. No explanation, you wake up and he is there. Is he your conscious? Is he a hallucination?

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8.8 / 10.0
Jun 20, 2019

My Friend Pedro, packing a punch, a kick, and quite a few guns, is a breath of fresh air in the shooter genre. While it runs the risk of becoming samey, though, it always manages to give the player something new.

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8.5 / 10.0
Jun 20, 2019

GREAT - Picture this: backflip in slow motion onto a skateboard while shooting a frying pan to ricochet bullets to kill the bad guys all to appease your friend Pedro – a sentient banana. If that’s not enough for you then I don’t know what to tell you.

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B
Jun 20, 2019

My Friend Pedro excels at making you feel extremely good at being violent. Its slow-mo gunplay is among the best in any game. However, the disappointing delivery of its utterly bananas premise and a lack of variety dulls the thrill during longer play sessions.

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A-
Jun 20, 2019

If you love a good action game, then My Friend Pedro is a must own. The slow-motion gunplay is incredibly satisfying and fun. The story leaves a little to be desired, but the action makes up for it. The story is relatively short, but you will go back again and again to raise your score. Plus, with its handy gif generator, you will be replaying levels over and over again in order to make the perfect action moment to share with friends.

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GameSpace
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Jun 20, 2019

That is the reason to play My Friend Pedro in a nutshell, although bananas don’t have shells. My Friend Pedro is beautiful violence. Just like Doom, it takes a simple idea and builds an unrelenting pace. It is an unyielding and remarkable display of carnage that will keep any assassin’s finger twitching

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7 / 10.0
Jun 20, 2019

My Friend Pedro will have you doing a lot of killing over and over but how much and how long you enjoy it will likely differ from person to person. I personally found it to get a little repetitive over time but that’s not to say I didn’t enjoy my time with the game.

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