The Thing from Nowhere

The Thing from Nowhere

released on Feb 01, 2023

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The Thing from Nowhere

released on Feb 01, 2023

Travel to a remote town in Alaska and uncover the truth behind reported sightings of a mythical creature from ancient Inuit folklore. A Choose Your Own Adventure mystery set in the 1950s, inspired by classic monster movies and Amiga's "It Came from the Desert".


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I beat it in the span of about two hours. It's advertised as like a VN or a CYOA, but after my first playthrough I realized the game is really linear. I went out of my way to make dumb choices to get myself killed, but the narrative bailed me out every time. The soundtrack is serviceable, but generic. The character sprites are very well drawn, but there's only one per character with no expression or pose changes whatsoever. The monster on the cover art? You only see it described through text in game. The background art, depicting a rural town in 1950s Alaska, is pretty good.

I can say I at least liked the story. The survivalist character is a total bro who I got attached to in the short runtime, and it kept up a good pace. Would have made for a good horror B-Movie in the nineties. But as a video game, it does the absolute bare minimum to qualify as one.