Lake is probably one of the least video game video games I have played. I was constantly just going "wow, this is not a video game," and just being in awe of that. I think Lake is probably one of the best "movie" games I have played. Would a movie with a story cut down to feature length be better? Yeah possibly, but this game just offers you the ability to LIVE in that theoretical movie. I was totally immersed in this world. Meredith is me, and my choices are hers. When Meredith was having cute cutscenes with the movie store babe, you can BET i was pumping my fist and yelling "YEAH YEAH YEAH."
This honestly reminded me a lot of Night in the Woods, but instead of being about the anxieties and angst of millennial(?) youth, its more about readjusting your life after you have already lived quite a bit. Is this just a 2 week vacation before you go back to your normal life? Maybe you find out what you've been missing during that time, and realize just how important the things of the past are to you.
The game play is largely unimportant. If you want a game with video game ass game play, you aren't going to enjoy this. You will be driving the mail truck and delivering mail. No sprint button, clunky semi-realistic handling, nothing else to do besides that and dialogue. The radio is kind of repetitive, but that kind of just made me a little nostalgic for when I was in retail and hear the same songs and be happy for when the good ones came on.
idk overall, a warm and personal story about reconnecting with your past and rethinking what you want out of life.
This honestly reminded me a lot of Night in the Woods, but instead of being about the anxieties and angst of millennial(?) youth, its more about readjusting your life after you have already lived quite a bit. Is this just a 2 week vacation before you go back to your normal life? Maybe you find out what you've been missing during that time, and realize just how important the things of the past are to you.
The game play is largely unimportant. If you want a game with video game ass game play, you aren't going to enjoy this. You will be driving the mail truck and delivering mail. No sprint button, clunky semi-realistic handling, nothing else to do besides that and dialogue. The radio is kind of repetitive, but that kind of just made me a little nostalgic for when I was in retail and hear the same songs and be happy for when the good ones came on.
idk overall, a warm and personal story about reconnecting with your past and rethinking what you want out of life.
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*I* don't think the driving gets boring, but I can literally have fun just walking in a video game.
I found the writing endearing the whole way through, just enjoyed people talking to each other.
I found the writing endearing the whole way through, just enjoyed people talking to each other.
Kujin
2 years ago
Cause I played the demo and these things were annoying