The Norwood Suite

Really wanted to play this, but it crashes on startup.

This is not a video game, this is an interactive work of art. I mean that in a very literal sense. If you don't like contemporary art installations, you might hate this game. But, if you have an open mind and are looking for a surreal experience I don't think you can beat it. Strange visuals perfectly melded with interesting music. It's hard to fault. I highly recommend you play (the free game) Off-Peak by Cosmo D if you have any question about whether you'll like this game, I think it will give you a good indication of whether you'll enjoy The Norwood Suite. If you're still unsure after that, play the free Norwood Suite demo. Cosmo D games have their own unmistakable flavor, and once you get going on them you won't be able to stop.

Good, weird, artsy, i liked it

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long …

I'm working through Cosmo D's games now, after hearing all the high praise for them for years, and while they're novel to a degree, I just don't think they're really *that* good. The music is great, and the neon environments are cool, but the story for The Norwood Suite (I've only played this and Off-Peak so far) is pretty contrived and not compellingly told. The characters you encounter are pretty stock "videogamey" characters, mainly serving to give you fetch quests - seeing all of the reviews going on and on about the excellent writing really makes me feel like I missed something. I appreciate that the developer is trying to do something different, and it isn't bad per se, but the critical fawning over a pretty basic narrative seems bizarre.

Wow. this was such a cool game. The visuals are just insane and the atmosphere is amazing. A bit creepy and very creative. Every new area was gorgeous and inventive. Loved this.