Squid Game: Unleashed is a fun game and a terrible adaptation

/ Netflix’s new mobile game strips away all of the parts that make Squid Game so compelling in order to create a bloodier version of Fall Guys.

By Andrew Webster, an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.

Image: Netflix

In Squid Game, schoolyard games are turned into nightmares, as players compete to survive and — if they’re lucky — earn a massive cash prize. But in Unleashed, a new mobile spinoff that’s part of the streamer’s fledgling gaming efforts, those games are fun. It’s a strange experience that sands off much of the appeal

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