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⌈ Secret Post #2251 ⌋

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Kentucky Route Zero

[dethtoll]

I just played the first episode of this game yesterday. A friend of mine bought it for me in exchange for that copy of Bioshock 1 I was trying to unload.

I've been having a lot of weird nights lately where the sheer totality of darkness sort of gets to me (protip: when you're sad, and lonely, and depressed, and feeling forgotten and abandoned, and it's late at night and you can't help but feel lost and maybe a little frightened, don't fucking do what I did and listen to Flight Facilities' "Clair de Lune" on loop for three fucking hours) and there's an eerie feeling to everything, every noise is like thunder, and I get moody and paranoid.

I remember when I was growing up, Cincinnati was a lot quieter than it is now, and visiting my grandparents, on a street with no lights and the neighbors went to bed early, darkness seemed to swallow everything up, even sound. Kentucky Route Zero really evokes that feeling -- darkness falls quick in the opening minutes of Act I, and there's very little in the way of civilization. I'm no stranger to rural Kentucky and Ohio -- in the summer they're almost otherworldly, which is captured perfectly in this game, along with that eerie feeling of isolation where the whole world disappears.

The music is fantastic, being sort of a mix of ambient with a little bluegrass. I really like the art style, too -- it's similar to that strange, late-50s early-60s Americana style you sometimes saw in animation and advertisements from the period. And I'm a huge sucker for that stuff, which is why I loved the art direction of Fallout New Vegas so much because a lot of it edged away from the traditional 1950s style into early 60s.

I can't wait for episode 2.

Re: Kentucky Route Zero

[(Anonymous)]

Hi I don't really care about games but this is a great review of a game, especially the parts that aren't really about games, and I want to read more stuff written in this sort of a vein. I don't know, something about this I just really enjoyed.

Re: Kentucky Route Zero

[dethtoll]

Funny how it was less of a review and more of me reminiscing about mid-summers in my childhood, isn't it?

Here, try some of the music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8PfZxFS-lg

Re: Kentucky Route Zero

[fishcactus.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I saw some screenshots from that games and I really loved the art style. Especially the big horse head on the Gas Station.

The atmosphere of the game seemed really well done too, and I do love me some games with atmosphere.

I'll probably check it out sometime :D

Re: Kentucky Route Zero

[fishcactus.livejournal.com]

*game

Ugh.

Re: Kentucky Route Zero

[dethtoll]

"games" might be appropriate since it's episodic ;)

Re: Kentucky Route Zero

[fishcactus.livejournal.com]

This is very true, but the grammar nazi in me wept.

Re: Kentucky Route Zero

[(Anonymous)]

Kentucky Route Zero really evokes that feeling -- darkness falls quick in the opening minutes of Act I, and there's very little in the way of civilization. I'm no stranger to rural Kentucky and Ohio -- in the summer they're almost otherworldly, which is captured perfectly in this game, along with that eerie feeling of isolation where the whole world disappears.

I'm not into gaming at all, but I've lived in Kentucky my whole life, so I know exactly what you mean by this. The way you describe this game sounds awesome so I will have to check it out!