If Tim Schafer made a game adapted from a lost Wes Anderson script that David Lynch did a punch up for, it would be Night in the Woods.

You know one or more of the various disaffected youths in this game; hell, you might have been one! This game GOES places: good places, bad places, funny places, sad places. It's life. The game. Only you're a somewhat shitty, 20 yr old college drop out who has moved back in with her parents where your only ambition is to play bass in a terrible band with your high school friends...some of whom have moved on in their life, if not their proximity. Oh, and there's a mystery in the woods. Or is there?

Play it and you might come away from it feeling a bit...better? Worse? I dunno. Depends on where you are in life. If you're a fan of thoughtful, philosophical games like Gone Home or Life is Strange, Night in the Woods should be the next game you play.

Also, "be gay, do crimes." Apt description, Mae would approve.

Reviewed on Dec 09, 2020


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