Manipulator! vs El Paso, Elsewhere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Manipulator!
Experience a unique hack and slash game set to a death-grind album. Battle enemies through brutal songs, testing your auditory and visual endurance. Can you conquer all 20 tracks?
- Hack and slash gameplay
- Companion to a death-grind album
- Battle through songs as levels
- Auditory and visual stamina test
- 20 tracks to survive
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The first grindcore video game? Manipulator! is the interactive hack and slash companion piece to the death-grind album Drawing Secret Circles by Manipulator. Work your way through each brutal song (level) from the album as you battle a litany of baddies trying to keep you at bay. Prepare your ears for some ridiculous blast beats, HM2 guitar sounds, hilarious samples and unhinged vocal passages (and even a hint of melody once or twice). Manipulator! is a test of auditory and visual stamina. Can you survive to track 20?
El Paso, Elsewhere
Engage in a supernatural neo-noir shooter featuring slow-motion gunfights against vampires, werewolves, and other creatures. Explore a reality-shifting motel beneath El Paso and uncover an emotional story of heartbreak and revenge.
- Cinematic bullet-time action
- Battle supernatural horrors
- Immersive neo-noir story
- Explosive combat with unique weapons
- Dynamic and destructible environments
- Original hip-hop soundtrack
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El Paso, Elsewhere. A supernatural neo-noir shooter filled with monsters, mystery, and slow-motion action. Fight your way through a haunted, reality-shifting motel, now mysteriously 46 floors deep beneath El Paso, Texas. Hunt vampires, werewolves, fallen angels, and other terrifying creatures in cinematic slow-motion gunfights inspired by action classics. Uncover an emotional neo-noir story of heartbreak and revenge as you face Draculae—the vampire lord you once loved. WHY YOU’LL LOVE EL PASO, ELSEWHERE: • Cinematic bullet-time action: Slow-motion dives, dodges, and gunplay. • Face supernatural horrors: Battle vampires, werewolves, and fallen angels. • Immersive neo-noir story: Fully-voiced campaign filled with drama and mystery. • Explosive combat: Use holy-fire Molotov cocktails and dual pistols. • Dynamic environments: Destroy objects and enemies with realistic physics. • Original hip-hop soundtrack: Featuring RJ Lake & Xalavier Nelson Jr. From the acclaimed creators at Strange Scaffold, makers of Life Eater and I Am Your Beast. Download now and dive into neo-noir chaos.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: El Paso, Elsewhere at 744 against Manipulator!'s 7. Manipulator!'s advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Manipulator! sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and El Paso, Elsewhere sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Manipulator! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: El Paso, Elsewhere has 744 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Manipulator!'s written reviews are positive against 82% of El Paso, Elsewhere's.
| Parameter | Manipulator! | El Paso, Elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.7 (744 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 744 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 573 MB | 2.7 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Peter John Randol | Frosty Pop |
Customer experience
Manipulator!
El Paso, Elsewhere
Bugs and requests
Manipulator!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
El Paso, Elsewhere
Reported bugs
4 issues- Elevator not working in level 28
- Frankenstein enemy health gets stuck in level 27
- Character movement issues during chapter name display
- Crashes on iPhone 6 Plus
Requested features
4 requests- Add controller support
- Implement cloud save functionality
- Increase frame rate cap
- Introduce a free-to-play zombies mode
In-app purchases
Manipulator!
- Donate $0.99$0.99
- Donate $2.99$2.99
- Donate $9.99$9.99
El Paso, Elsewhere
- El Paso, Elsewhere$4.99
Questions
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