Tale of Tales
What the hell is this crap, I'm already well-underway to generating a brand new monster backlog of posts in 2010... That's no good. Mustn't fade away into that good night, no.
Well, here's some filler. See Tale of Tales, a scratchware Belgian game development studio. Their projects emphasize artistic presentation - not gameplay (that is to say, the games are moreso toys than games: non-challenging interactive experiences that even a cataleptic cretin could play). The art style can probably be described as a sort of contemporary abstract, reminiscent of American McGee's Alice and Dreamfall. I tried a game of theirs just recently - The Path. It's kinda meh, but manages to fulfill its spookiness quota more or less. It's a sort of snuffy fairy tale based on the good old Red Riding Hood; here, read a review that's much more generous on the wordage than I am right now.
Artistic games like these are hit-or-miss, really. Give the stuff a try if you'd like, and mind the spooky value - it's even more of a niche quality, but then again, kindred souls who like artsy games in general tend to have robust tolerance for that stuff.
Well, here's some filler. See Tale of Tales, a scratchware Belgian game development studio. Their projects emphasize artistic presentation - not gameplay (that is to say, the games are moreso toys than games: non-challenging interactive experiences that even a cataleptic cretin could play). The art style can probably be described as a sort of contemporary abstract, reminiscent of American McGee's Alice and Dreamfall. I tried a game of theirs just recently - The Path. It's kinda meh, but manages to fulfill its spookiness quota more or less. It's a sort of snuffy fairy tale based on the good old Red Riding Hood; here, read a review that's much more generous on the wordage than I am right now.
Artistic games like these are hit-or-miss, really. Give the stuff a try if you'd like, and mind the spooky value - it's even more of a niche quality, but then again, kindred souls who like artsy games in general tend to have robust tolerance for that stuff.