Kentucky Route Zero Switch

KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO: TV EDITION is a magical realist adventure game in five acts, featuring a haunting electronic score, and a suite of hymns and bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt.

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It’s mostly played from a side-scrolling perspective, allowing me to walk up and inspect objects or talk to various people. As Conway, the driver, I examine my truck and a nearby dog (“An old hound in a straw hat.

Both have seen better days.”)I talk to a gas station attendant, who asks what the dog’s name is. I’m presented with three options:.

“His name is Homer.”. “Her name is Blue.”. “Just some dog. I don’t know his name.”.

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Image: Cardboard Computer/Annapurna InteractiveThese are the sorts of interactions that exist throughout Kentucky Route Zero. The game has a story to tell, but as a player I can tweak moments to give the tale a personal touch.

While these choices won’t make a major impact on how the events of the game turn out, they might let me learn something new about a specific character. In the dog’s case, his or her name will remain the same throughout the journey, depending on what I pick.I can also do nothing at the gas station and just stand there for a few minutes.

Crickets chirp in the distance as the sun slowly sets over a nearby hillside. Occasionally a car will motor by, the rolling sound of asphalt on pavement slowly fading away. Kentucky Route Zero is filled with scenes like this, handcrafted to create a sense of quiet contemplation, like wind rushing across a cliffside.Some of them are as familiar as a quiet gas station at sunset, but others are far more bizarre: a museum featuring exhibits on abandoned houses, a battleship overrun by cats, or a clerical office of silent, hardworking bears. A how-did-this-get-here vibe makes each new step on the road exciting and mystifying. And within each venue, there’s someone new to talk to, to understand.It’s worth noting that Kentucky Route Zero is not a game in the traditional sense. There aren’t really puzzles to solve, or doors to unlock with secret keys.

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The hardest challenges it ever throws at you are related to roadside directions and not much else. The closest analog would be a very high-quality visual novel, with slight interactivity blended into the gorgeous artwork. Image: Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive via PolygonWithout any traditional “challenge,” you’re left to uncover the way of this world and its people. The bizarre otherworldliness — D&D-playing ghosts and omnipresent bluegrass bands — is never fully explained. I’m rarely given a clear answer about what’s going on, or why, even after I try to pry into these matters.

The people who inhabit this world seem to be guessing about what it all means, just as I am.But, despite the nontraditional atmosphere, the circumstances of these people’s lives are acutely relatable. An office worker dreams of getting a grant to fund her artwork. A child deals with his parents abandoning him. A couple struggles under the weight of crushing debt. A monopolistic company destroys local communities and businesses to amass more wealth.These themes only grow darker and more ominous as the journey progresses, but there’s also a levity to Kentucky Route Zero that keeps the experience from becoming a full-on torture chamber.

I meet people who are managing to keep on in the face of misery, finding joy in the small things. Image: Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive via PolygonThere’s the rocker duo, Junebug and Johnny, who just want to play their music, even if it’s at a terrible dive bar. They stumble upon Conway and the small band of friends who have joined his quest to find 5 Dogwood Drive. The duo is thrilled to have a potential audience — so thrilled that the musicians agree to fix Conway’s busted truck in exchange for the gang sitting and listening to them play.By this point, the story has taken several dark turns and Conway’s travels are looking more doomed by the second. While much of the game is nearly silent, save for ambient noises, it will occasionally dip into musical interludes, like an electric synth tune from Junebug and Johnny.

The pair plays a dreamy song as the roof lifts off the dive bar and the stars come out.These moments run in contrast to the dour silence of the rest of this world, delivering emotionally charged sequences that lift the spirits of not only the cast of characters, but me as well. I can’t help but tear up. I think back to the barn. While the traditional point-and-click adventure format makes up the bulk of Kentucky Route Zero, the game’s strongest segments exist as intermissions that break up the main story. These sequences focus on side characters and themes that will eventually become important in the main story, though at the time you experience them, they seem totally disconnected from what’s currently going on.One is a recreation of an art exhibit by one of the in-game characters. Another is a full-on stage play where you can follow multiple perspectives (the actors, the director, the audience) at once.

Another takes place from the perspective of a producer of a local cable access interview show. You can even experience one of them for yourself by dialing a phone number: 270-301-5797.These interludes work because they take established formats that exist in our real world and twist them to fit the bizarre, otherworldly tone of Kentucky Route Zero.On its surface, Kentucky Route Zero appears to be hyper-traditional.

The game begins; I’m given a clear objective; I’m going to see this through. Along the way, I meet people who can help me on this quest.

But the truth is that the quest is not the point. It’s the people, the world, the journey itself that all make this game tick.The complete edition of Kentucky Route Zero will be released Jan.

28 on Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. The game was reviewed on Nintendo Switch using a final “retail” download code provided by Annapurna Interactive. You can find.