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Resident Crybaby
A couple BrokenLore games were featured on the Japanese State of Play from earlier this week. Here's one of the trailers shown:
I had never heard of the series, so I did some digging and found that there's 2 titles already out, with 5 more on the way.
I decided to give the first two, "LOW" and "DON'T WATCH", a try.
Pretty interesting games and an interesting approach to game releases. These are small, 1 hour experiences and cost $9 a piece. They're in the first person perspective and have walking simulator elements with some light puzzles. Different characters/locations/stories, but the games connect in subtle and intriguing ways.
The first game, LOW, feels like a decent proof of concept. Some neat ideas but pretty unpolished and raw. But the second game, DON'T WATCH, is surprisingly good. The tone is reminiscent of Silent Hill meets David Lynch. Each game also has portions where you play in a PS1-esque visual environment and they use the low-poly, grainy visuals to impressive creepy effect.
Anyway, there's been very little fanfare around these games, and as someone who played Mouthwashing for the first time last month, I found that these games meet a similar level of quality but for some reason Mouthwashing became a bit of a critical darling whereas these games haven't gotten any attention. Thought I'd make a thread to highlight them as I think they're definitely worth playing and I'm now looking forward to the upcoming titles.
Here's a few shots from my playthroughs:
I had never heard of the series, so I did some digging and found that there's 2 titles already out, with 5 more on the way.
I decided to give the first two, "LOW" and "DON'T WATCH", a try.
Pretty interesting games and an interesting approach to game releases. These are small, 1 hour experiences and cost $9 a piece. They're in the first person perspective and have walking simulator elements with some light puzzles. Different characters/locations/stories, but the games connect in subtle and intriguing ways.
The first game, LOW, feels like a decent proof of concept. Some neat ideas but pretty unpolished and raw. But the second game, DON'T WATCH, is surprisingly good. The tone is reminiscent of Silent Hill meets David Lynch. Each game also has portions where you play in a PS1-esque visual environment and they use the low-poly, grainy visuals to impressive creepy effect.
Anyway, there's been very little fanfare around these games, and as someone who played Mouthwashing for the first time last month, I found that these games meet a similar level of quality but for some reason Mouthwashing became a bit of a critical darling whereas these games haven't gotten any attention. Thought I'd make a thread to highlight them as I think they're definitely worth playing and I'm now looking forward to the upcoming titles.
Here's a few shots from my playthroughs:
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