Kentucky Route Zero

KRZ is a game that is art. it could be defined as a walking sim type of game since there are no puzzles or gameplay to speak of. still. it is a game. i am consuming your media on steam. and as a game it is dreadful. there is no gameplay to speak of, which fine. it's an interactive story. but the controls are pretty…

I played this game not all at once, instead going through each chapter every day. It helped with the suspense of what is happening, because with all due respect, it is very aimless and can be very confusing at times. That however, is why I love it. I can go along with the plot and form my own narrative. There was no…

Tries too hard to be deep and mysterious. I understand the arthouse theater sensibility, the atmospheric world-building, the commentary on rural America, all the things people are writing in their positive reviews. It's unique and at times genuinely magical. Some scenes surprised and captivated me. But I still could…

I've fallen in love again and again and again with this ... game? I'll say novel. Kentucky Route Zero has stood through the test of time with me, it has been nearly 10 years ago since I first played this game, and even today, I find myself finding new and inspiring aspects of the story, setting and worldbuilding fro…

This has been sitting in my library for a while and I decided to give it a try... then after like an hour... put it down and forgot about the game.. Queue like 6 years later, see it again and think I want to try it again. I have not played the game all the way through and decided to just stop 4 hours in... I would O…

Maybe the reason they call it magical realism is because this game simultaneously feels absolutely magical, coming alive in my imagination with concepts that only become more and more interesting as I ponder them years later, and completely real, as every concept is as much a reflection of ordinary life, all its par…