

Drug usage, infidelity, and trauma aren’t strangers to video games but to see it in this TV series-like format is entertaining. This review will avoid any spoilers entirely.Īs Dusk Falls tackles some pretty mature themes. It has its own highs and lows which you need to know about before diving in. Whether you’ll like As Dusk Falls depends on how far into interactive storytelling games you are. So there are some experienced hands despite As Dusk Falls being Interior/Night’s first game ever since becoming an independent studio. This was created from the ideas of Caroline Marchal, who had experience as the lead game designer for Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls. But despite this, I was actually rather impressed at how well-written and complex the narrative and characters were. After doing some research on the developers Interior/Night, it’s understandable that the budget of a 40-man studio isn’t going give them much power for an impressive display. It renders its graphics in an interpolated rotoscope presentation frame-by-frame instead of smooth, fluid motion capture animation. The game places players in control of making decisions for certain characters that will ultimately influence their fate.Īt a glance, As Dusk Falls doesn’t leave an excellent first impression. It spans the perspective of multiple characters throughout a journey centering on one tragic event that tests the moral compass of those playing it.
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As Dusk Falls is a game more accurately described as an interactive TV series than an interactive movie.
