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"Every night it's the same dream: my own head, mounted on a wall."
While wandering an unfamiliar town, Harvey Green follows a string of paranormal events to a grim realization: his recurring nightmare may foretell an inescapable fate.
In this p...
"Every night it's the same dream: my own head, mounted on a wall."
While wandering an unfamiliar town, Harvey Green follows a string of paranormal events to a grim realization: his recurring nightmare may foretell an inescapable fate.
In this point-and-click thriller adventure, guide Harvey through the peculiar streets, shops, and surroundings of Villa Ventana as he seeks to prevent his visions from becoming reality.
Features:
A timeless point-and-click blend of exploration, dialogue, and puzzle-solving
A curious tale that melds shocking twists with absurd humor
Dozens of strange, memorable characters brought to life by a cast of celebrated voice actors
Hand-drawn art that combines 2D and 3D to create striking, "diorama-like" visuals
An original, haunting score
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I don't want to give anything away, just a few highlights: beautiful visuals, cool story, classic point and click gameplay. Make sure you play it until the "end"! Ahhahahahaha :)
I found the game very original in artwork, humour and characters. You're thrown into a weird world without too much explanation, not unlike the old LucasArts adventures in the 90s.
There is a bit of repetition in the dialogues when trying to solve the puzzles, but I found it generally easy to go forward without too much of a headache.
Definitely recommend playing this if you're into classic adventures and crazy stories.
Warning – this review contains spoilers!
The questions BioShock raised about player freedom and agency were fantastically integrated into its narrative. They were also novel at the time of release. But that doesn't mean they're old now, let alone boring.
Slender Threads deals with similar questions, but in addition to its gripping narrative, the game design of point-and-click adventures provides the perfect foundation for taking the fatalistic horror of playful determinism to the extreme.
If a puzzle has only one solution, a single one, does the player really still have freedom of action? Or are the developers playing us? This simple idea brings the problems of supposed “playful freedom” to light and hangs them on a few slender threads for us to examine. More than BioShock could have ever done, since the immersive sim background didn't allow it.
Harvey's story and the many possible interpretations will stay with me for a long time. Definitely an absolute indie gem and, for me, in the same league as Hypnospace, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the Golden Idols (whose aesthetics Slender Threads strongly reminds me of, paired with a dash of Rex Crowle) and the Wadjet Eye Games.
The music is great, the voice acting might be one of the best I've heard since Curse of Monkey Island and the fact that I had to laugh out loud more than once is the cherry on top. (The moment I realized Fosco Moretti will be following me everywhere I go got me so good).
Point-and-click adventures are alive and well, folks.
I enjoyed Slender Threads a lot, It has a simple but well executed plot. It waves between comedy and horror beatifully. Puzzles are never moon logicky and has excellent voice cast and awesome graphics and art. Just a solid adventure! Recommended.
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