However, he says, "the outline, from the beginning, had a specific end". "We keep the outline that we have pretty open ended," Tamas Kemenczy tells us. The team at Cardboard Computer has been flexible, but has always known where they wanted to go, which gives us hope for a satisfying ending. KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO 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 Ramblers. At twilight in Kentucky, as bird songs give way to the choir of frogs and insects, familiar roads become strange. We can't wait to have those discussions again and to see how its conclusion might shed light on all the bits and pieces we've been pulling out and talking about over the course of these last seven years. Journey down a secret underground highway to find community in this mystical adventure game. This is a reflection of how thoughtfully constructed Kentucky Route Zero is and explains just why it has taken so long to get to this point. As many interpretations as it supports, it is impossible to deny its commitment to exploring the tragedy of economic precarity, for example. This is a game that is just opaque enough to allow us to draw all of these things out of its narrative, thematic and aesthetic richness without collapsing into being meaninglessly vague. Its a trip to be savoured, ruminated on no need to rush. The player controls Conway, an antique furniture. A magical realist point-and-click adventure that takes you on a beguiling journey to a place that exists both below and beyond. Kentucky Route Zero is a magic realist adventure game about a secret highway in Kentucky and the mysterious folks who travel it. I dont feel like youre really supposed to try and take it all in as a whole. Every new episode has sparked discussion on some intriguing element of the game: aesthetic style, representation of space, its haunting melancholy, the beautiful musical set-pieces, spirituality, narrative experimentation, architectural influences, theatrical inspirations, and the list goes on. Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition is the full and complete Kentucky Route Zero experience. Kentucky Route Zero is a coffee table book of a game. Indeed, we have the advantage of knowing that this game will be one of the most talked about of 2020, because we've seen the attempts to pick its approach apart before. It is a fascinating approach to storytelling in games. Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky. Choices often feel like they are about how you as the player interpret something, or even which lines have the most aesthetic appeal or thematic resonance, placing you in the role of co-author, rather than making a decision while embodied in the role of a character. There are choices to make, but not always in the sense we are accustomed to. Provisionally then, this is a point and click. "We all feel really lucky that it's caught on and that so many people can relate to it" Jake Elliott, co-creator
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