Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition

My favorite game of all time. Transformative work that so many of your favorite games were inspired by.

This definitely displaces.................something to land itself in my top 5 favorite games of all time, but I'm not sure what game and it's hard to call this "game" a game at all. It "plays" like something else entirely. I can't earnestly even call it an interactive story. It's a beautifully written southern gothic novel that uses visual elements and point and click mechanics to drive a story about the forgotten world of coal mining in the Appalachians of KY, and the people who lived and suffered it. Most of the interactivity is just walking around and clicking objects, people and navigating scenes. But, the way these objects, people and scenes converge create moments I've never experienced in a game before, and will never forget. If you appreciate McCarthy and Flannery, then you need to play through this. Seminal work.

I can't thank the team enough for making a game that feels like this.

It's nice to play a game that gets the curvatures of the world. Such a process flosses the mind clean, in preparation for our own journeys.

I have to say I finished this out of obligation more than anything. There are elements here that really [i]really[/i] shine. The first chapter with it's road network exploration of "Americana Gothic" style environments & narration - places lost to time, or spaces loosing their connection with reality - it pushes the "magical realist", almost liminal horror style I expected. The community radio section is another peak for me, following one characters internal narration, through this surprisingly earnestly portrayed, dilapidated rouge radio station and it's showcase of humanity. But a lot of this game is just meandering busywork for me, without making an emotional connection. The entire museum segment, the bar/theater segment, even the final chapter - it's just not hitting me right. So I can't earnestly "recommend" this game.

amazing, an experience like no other. best enjoyed without a need to rush