Dead or School
{{Short description|2018 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Dead or School
| image = Dead or School cover.jpg
| caption =
| developer = Studio Nanafushi
| publisher = Studio Nanafushi
Marvelous Entertainment (console)
| producer = Yujiro Usada
| released = Windows
{{vgrelease|WW|July 13, 2018}}Switch, PS4
{{vgrelease|JP|August 29, 2019{{Cite web |date=2019-05-30 |title=Dead or School for PS4 and Switch launches August 29 in Japan |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2019/05/dead-or-school-for-ps4-and-switch-launches-august-29-in-japan |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US}}|EU|March 13, 2020}}
| genre = Hack-and-slash
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows
}}{{nihongo|Dead or School|デッド・オア・スクール|lead=yes}} is a 2018 hack-and-slash video game made by indie developer Studio Nanafushi for Windows and published by Marvelous Entertainment for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
Synopsis
Set in post-apocalyptic Tokyo, the game follows Hisako, a girl who lives underground and wishes to see the surface after a war forced her grandmother underground 70 years prior whose only memory of the real world were schools.
Along with hack-and-slash, Dead or School also has action RPG and platformer elements. The goal is for the player, as Hisako, to defeat monster enemies throughout Tokyo (Shinjuku, Asakusa, Akihabara, Roppongi).{{Cite web |date=2018-07-14 |title=Side-scrolling action game Dead or School coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Switch |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2018/07/side-scrolling-action-game-dead-or-school-coming-to-ps4-xbox-one-and-switch |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US}}
Reception
Dead or School received a mixed critical reception with an aggregate score of 65/100 on Metacritic.{{Cite web |title=Dead or School Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/dead-or-school/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=www.metacritic.com |language=en}} In a positive review, Pete Davison of Nintendo Life praised the stages, style and narrative, but noted a number of "technical jank".{{Cite web |date=2020-03-13 |title=Review: Dead Or School (Switch) - Mutant-Slaying With A Sense Of Style |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch/dead_or_school |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}} Digitally Downloaded wrote that "Being a budget game it struggles to maintain a consistency in tone and experience, but a solid loot and upgrade system, some great boss fights, and a good sense of humour, all help to see it through."{{Cite web |last=ddnetadmin |date=2020-03-13 |title=Review: Dead or School (Sony PlayStation 4) – Digitally Downloaded |url=https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2020/03/review-dead-or-school-sony-playstation-4.html |access-date=2024-10-28 |language=en-US}} MANiAC scored it 68%.{{Cite web |last=Nickel |first=Thomas |date=2020-04-23 |title=Dead or School – im Test (Switch) {{!}} MANIAC.de {{!}} Seite 3 |url=https://www.maniac.de/tests/dead-or-school-im-test-switch/page/3/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=www.maniac.de |language=de-DE}}
Both the PS4 and Switch versions received 31 out of 40 on Famitsu.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-01 |title=DEAD OR SCHOOL (Switch)のレビュー・評価・感想 {{!}} ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com |url=https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/38358/reviews/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=ファミ通.com |language=ja}}