Tales From Off-Peak City is a first-person adventure game series. Volume 1: Caetano's Slice is the first game of many in the anthology of Tales. While each 'Volume' is its own self-contained story and experience, taken together, they build towards the larger over-arching narrative of what’s really going on at the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street and what role you ultimately play in its fate.
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Humble in length and scope, but full of creativity. There's a lot of richness to each character's inner life, something that was present in Off Peak but even better here. World design totally rocks.
actually cool and cute game about making art and the mindset of making art. i want more lighthearted games like this.
A very strange but entertaining and cool narrative adventure game with a really unique style and very bizarre visuals. The "eavesdropping" feature is actually quite cool but I find it a bit unnecessary that things are repeated here that I also learn in the dialogue with the person I'm "eavesdropping" on...well, otherwise a very alternative experience to the usual gaming stuff you know. The photo feature was awesome, really cool filters :D
An improvement in Cosmo D's formula for sure in terms of structure and transparency but not quite as fun to explore as the Norwood Suite was. It was much easier to find my way around though. The pizza building was fun as well and I enjoyed hearing everyone's unique responses.
Just like Off-Peak before it, I'm so impressed by how much this game pulls art into the experience of playing the game. It confronts the player directly and unavoidably with the fact that all the architecture in the game, all the models and paintings, were made by a person with artistic intent. This is of course the case in all games, but Cosmo D's games foreground that fact, and they always leave me with a deeper appreciation of the latent art in other games when I play them afterwards.
This also has a pretty strong story, short and sweet but still filled with twists, turns, and shocking reveals. Because of this, it holds together as a singular work a bit more than Off-Peak does. This definitely makes me want to finish out the series, and explore the creator's other works as well.
This also has a pretty strong story, short and sweet but still filled with twists, turns, and shocking reveals. Because of this, it holds together as a singular work a bit more than Off-Peak does. This definitely makes me want to finish out the series, and explore the creator's other works as well.
Yet another solid addition to the series. I'd say the story here is the most intriguing yet and playing as a pizza delivery guy is quite fun.