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Kentucky Route Zero
It feels like it too 30,000 years for this game to finally finish. But it's finally here in all it's five parts and available to be played over and over and over (if you want). It's funny and witty and has a very unique style and structure and genuinely deserves more attention than it's gotten. Besides, you can buy it now and you'll get to play all five parts without having to wait literal years to see the next one. Oh indie games.
If you like choice driven games and have never played Kentucky Route Zero, I am begging you to give it a chance.
This game has a really amazing twangy kind of western-ish soundtrack by Ben Babbitt that's worth listening to all on it's own. Each episode has a soundtrack by Ben up on Bandcamp that you can listen to now.
Kentucky Route Zero is (briefly) about a lot of things. You begin the game as an older man who is driving a delivery truck and his adventure begins after he stops along the Zero at a gas station. The choices in the game are often silly and often game breaking and usually very strange. I've said before that if there was a Welcome to Night Vale game, this would be that game. It's an adventure of magical realism with a tinge of the American gothic that takes place on this mystical Kentucky highway. You watch some videos and find out more here or on Steam, here.
You pick up a few people along the way for varying amounts of time. You encounter large creatures and strange places and do circles and loops on the Zero looking for exits that may or may not exist. If I could explain more of the game's story to you and have it make sense, I would. But that would really ruin the spirit of the game, because everyone's story is going to be a little bit different. Not too mention that a lot of it just really doesn't make sense out of context (and sometimes even in context).
I linked the Steam store above, but now that all five episodes are complete, you can get the game just about anywhere online. It's available for most consoles, including the Switch. If point and click adventure games or choice based rpgs are a thing you enjoy, I just can't recommend you check it out enough.
If you like choice driven games and have never played Kentucky Route Zero, I am begging you to give it a chance.
This game has a really amazing twangy kind of western-ish soundtrack by Ben Babbitt that's worth listening to all on it's own. Each episode has a soundtrack by Ben up on Bandcamp that you can listen to now.
Kentucky Route Zero is (briefly) about a lot of things. You begin the game as an older man who is driving a delivery truck and his adventure begins after he stops along the Zero at a gas station. The choices in the game are often silly and often game breaking and usually very strange. I've said before that if there was a Welcome to Night Vale game, this would be that game. It's an adventure of magical realism with a tinge of the American gothic that takes place on this mystical Kentucky highway. You watch some videos and find out more here or on Steam, here.
You pick up a few people along the way for varying amounts of time. You encounter large creatures and strange places and do circles and loops on the Zero looking for exits that may or may not exist. If I could explain more of the game's story to you and have it make sense, I would. But that would really ruin the spirit of the game, because everyone's story is going to be a little bit different. Not too mention that a lot of it just really doesn't make sense out of context (and sometimes even in context).
I linked the Steam store above, but now that all five episodes are complete, you can get the game just about anywhere online. It's available for most consoles, including the Switch. If point and click adventure games or choice based rpgs are a thing you enjoy, I just can't recommend you check it out enough.
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In a spoilerfree fashion, did you like the conclusion?
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I'm not much of a gamer, but I got intrigued by a quote from it, and then the aesthetic immediately dragged me right in. Just gorgeous.