The Long Reach
Painted Black Games · 2018 · Adventure, Action, Indie, Pixel Graphics, Gore
PC
Very Positive86% · 374
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About The Long Reach
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"Calm down. This is all normal. Well, it’s a new normal. There was a malfunction that we can’t fix yet, but with your help I can make symptoms bearable. We’re all in the same boat here and should help each other."
"I’m Shelly, a lead scientist in General Education research facility. The job title is longer, but it’s not important. Here’s what I know so far, though."
"The experience-sharing program that we were studying went haywire. Maybe it’s that black box, maybe something else. The main symptom for you is that your nightmares and dreams no longer require sleeping to manifest. These hallucinations is all your subconscious. It turns out that given enough time with it, we go insane. But we can fix that."
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The Long Reach is an adventure game filled with colorful characters, puzzles, and a shock of discovery. Wait, weren't we supposed to say “joy of discovery”? That can’t be right.
The Long Reach takes place in New Hampshire, in the fictional town of Baervox. The game draws its inspiration from Lone Survivor and The Cave and all the classical adventures (except that The Long Reach is set in the present day). You don't play in a post-apocalyptic world or explore a fairy-filled fantasy world. You’re in the thick of it, just around the corner from the place where you buy your groceries.
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/584990/extras/Story.png
"Calm down. This is all normal. Well, it’s a new normal. There was a malfunction that we can’t fix yet, but with your help I can make symptoms bearable. We’re all in the same boat here and should help each other."
"I’m Shelly, a lead scientist in General Education research facility. The job title is longer, but it’s not important. Here’s what I know so far, though."
"The experience-sharing program that we were studying went haywire. Maybe it’s that black box, maybe something else. The main symptom for you is that your nightmares and dreams no longer require sleeping to manifest. These hallucinations is all your subconscious. It turns out that given enough time with it, we go insane. But we can fix that."
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/584990/extras/Game.png
The Long Reach is an adventure game filled with colorful characters, puzzles, and a shock of discovery. Wait, weren't we supposed to say “joy of discovery”? That can’t be right.
The Long Reach takes place in New Hampshire, in the fictional town of Baervox. The game draws its inspiration from Lone Survivor and The Cave and all the classical adventures (except that The Long Reach is set in the present day). You don't play in a post-apocalyptic world or explore a fairy-filled fantasy world. You’re in the thick of it, just around the corner from the place where you buy your groceries.
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/584990/extras/Story.png
- The Long Reach is a horror-thriller hell bent on screwing with your perception of things.
- The game misuses stunning pixel art to create gruesome and unsettling images.
- You’ll be playing as Calvin throughout the game - this is an example of the lies and deception that we have in store for you.
- You won’t be forced to figure everything out. Escape if you wish, in fact we encourage you to run for your life!
- Solve puzzles that require thinking outside the box. The box provided by our publisher was never used during the development.
- You’ll be able to talk with plenty of characters. In fact, you’ll have a chance to pitch in every five lines or so.
- A classic adventure game inventory filled with keys and weird stuff (note: no Elvish swords glowing faintly blue when evil is close in this game).
- Original atmospheric and haunting soundtrack. The composer's not right in the head, he brought weird stuff home to use in the soundtrack. We’re all concerned for his cat.
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
nice and interesting game, the story is really interesting, gameplay not so much1 found this helpful
The Long Reach pays homage to old school LucasArts games through retro graphics, inane humor, and "moon logic" puzzles. In other words it's designed to waste the player's time, has terrible dialog, but at least it looks good!1 found this helpful
Nice and short horror adventure game about scientific ♥♥♥♥-up. Takes less than 3 hours to beat it fully. It's dirt cheap and almost constantly on a discount. There is no real reason not to try it.1 found this helpful
At first the game looks pretty interesting, but unfortunately it’s held back by some annoying bugs. On top of that, the pixel art style, the overall design, and the sometimes barely noticeable object highlights make it really easy to miss things in all the visual clutter. The actions you’re supposed to do often feel random and kind of confusing. In the end, I just lost interest in the game and didn’t feel like continuing the playthrough at all.
A dark story with some bleak vibes. The puzzles are mostly 'click every combo until something works' but it doesn't bog things down too much since the game is pretty short.
Subtle plot, meticulous graphics. Sometimes hilarious
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