Sayonara Wild Hearts Reviews

Sayonara Wild Hearts is ranked in the 95th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
85 / 100
Sep 24, 2019

Sayonara is an experience first and game second, so it is not one that should be played if you are only interested in the high scores, but if you take the game as a whole, then it can be deeply rewarding.

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6 / 10.0
Sep 24, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts' is gorgeous and packs an incredible pop soundtrack, but the actual levels the music accompanies never feels as natural as its audiovisual splendor.

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Sep 24, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a wild ride which needs to be experienced to be fully appreciated

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9.5 / 10.0
Sep 25, 2019

It’s an experience unlike many others; magical, memorable, and full of heart.

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Unscored
Sep 25, 2019
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9 / 10.0
Sep 25, 2019

While the journey is a little short, with its unique premise and gameplay, and unbelievable soundtrack and visuals, Sayonara Wild Hearts is the best and most unique endless runner I’ve ever played. It’s a beautiful work of art that needs not only to be played but also listened to and remembered for years.

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IGN Spain
Top Critic
8.3 / 10.0
Sep 26, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a wonderful half music album half video game, which leaves us wanting much more thanks to its great approach and execution. If you like video games, give it a chance.

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7 / 10
Sep 26, 2019

Despite its short length, this is still very much a trip worth taking.

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85 / 100
Sep 26, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a joy to play. It's a visual thrill ride and the music will have you bopping in place while you zip through the levels. The scope might be small, but the action is big and ridiculous. And while the story isn't its strongest aspect, the themes of heartbreak, anger, and forgiveness give the game an emotional center.

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Harvard L.
Top Critic
Sep 27, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is the kind of game which opens my eyes to new possibilities that games can provide, and I’m desperately awaiting this style of design to properly take off.

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Sep 27, 2019

Visually marvelous and musically infectious, Sayonara Wild Hearts is a unique experience unlike almost anything else out there. It may not be for everyone, but for a certain audience, it's going to be dynamite.

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7 / 10
Sep 28, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts will certainly mesmerize you with a stunning audiovisual trip that will take your breath away, but at the same time it can also be a limited experience in terms of gameplay and interaction. It might not even be a proper video game, but instead a glorified music visualizer built around an obscure and fascinating representation of love. It's all very pleasing and undoubtedly worth celebrating, yet not so easy to universally recommend at 20 literally cents per minute.

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92 / 100
Sep 29, 2019

Aside from its length, Sayonara Wild Hearts is basically a perfect rhythm game.

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9 / 10
Oct 2, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a hallucinating journey through a short but intense game world that plunges the player into a neon cyberpunk aesthetic coupled with a fantastic soundtrack and delivers an effort that would be close to perfection would it not come to an end just when the experience feels like it's reaching its climax.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 2, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a simply stunning and lovely experience, with heart pulsing music driving the action.

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6 / 10
Oct 4, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts has moments of brilliance, but too often, movement and timing issues disrupt its enchanting aesthetic.

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7.5 / 10.0
Oct 4, 2019

Wild Hearts is a game with a ton of charm, but it left me wanting more. It feels like it could have made the leap from good to great with some relatively minor additions and tweaks.

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Oct 13, 2019

Don’t sleep on this one, it’s a trip.

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8.1 / 10.0
Oct 21, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is really difficult to describe: it's an unique audiovisive experience and we believe that any fan of pop culture should try it out.

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GameMAG
Top Critic
9 / 10
Dec 14, 2019

Sayonara Wild Hearts is an interactive art product that combining game elements and a digital representation of the future. The small length of the gameplay is compensated by incredible dynamics and vivid emotions that you experience during the walkthrough. And this is a great achievement in the world of soulless clones, social projects and serious dramas.

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