Edited on: September 18, 2025
Posted on: August 13, 2025
alias0479
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Not without fault, still one of the best
In my experience, modern adventure games that try to invoke and emulate the classics from back in the day - your LucasArts, your Sierras - tend to miss the point. Yes, we loved those games and nostalgia runs strong. But let's not forget that a lot of what made these late-80ies and early-90ies games "old-school" was down to actual technical limitations of those days. And then there is another problem, almost a pet peeve of mine by this point: The tedency to go completely off the rails while trying to tell a serious, "grown-up" story. The Drifter succesfully avoids the former. It's a game that appears to be old-school but feels pleasantly modern, with some nice quality-of-life touches to that traditional adventure formula. It does jump the shark a bit, story-wise. And I don't mean the sci fi-elements - those are fine. But you need to take care to never compromise the motivation or intelligence of your characters. And, well, not to spoil anything. But there is a moment, shortly after the halfway point, where I wanted to reach into the monitor and slap some common sense into the guys. Good thing then that The Drifter's other qualities make it so easy to forgive this faux pas: The already mentioned modern design choices, the slick art and synth-beats, a thrilling mystery and a brisk - almost cinematic - pacing. All good stuff! One of the best adventures in recent memory.
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