- Publisher: Curve Digital , Slow Bros.
- Release Date: Apr 16, 2024
- Also On: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X
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May 13, 2024Slow Bros.' game combines charming claymation and meticulous craftsmanship with a bold, yet potentially divisive gameplay approach that reflects its protagonist's mundane life and emphasizes narrative over action. Despite losing its focus and reducing interactivity over time, its captivating characters and thought-provoking themes create an unforgettable audiovisual experience for some, while others may find it tedious.
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Apr 26, 2024Harold Halibut is a curious fish, using its retro-futuristic, painstakingly handcrafted world and cast of weird but relatable characters to tell a heartfelt but ambling, puzzle-free story that’s (in the best way) more soap opera than space opera.
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Apr 19, 2024There are some great moments in Harold of Halibut, even if it takes a while to get going, and the art style is stunning in every way.
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Apr 16, 2024Harold Halibut's world and the people that inhabit it were literally crafted by people that cared about him and his story. And while that story struggles under the weight of its ambitions, the human touches on every part of it are evident. Those are the heart and soul of the game, and they imprinted on me too.
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Apr 15, 2024If you’re expecting more action and puzzles, then boy, you might bounce right off this one once you’ve finished gawking at how pretty it all is. My advice? Take it slow, and enjoy every moment with this bizarre and eccentric cast of characters. Games like Harold Halibut don’t come around very often.
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Jun 14, 2024Harold Halibut has an impressive story and art style, but it lacks the strong gameplay hooks to keep all but the most patient players engaged.
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Apr 22, 2024Harold Halibut is a stop motion narrative adventure, whose childish story weighed down by a rhythm that is too heavy and its practically non-existent gameplay, lacking any spark, fails to live up to the work of craftsmanship that is its stop motion graphics.
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Apr 19, 2024Audiovisually enchanting adventure on a submerged spaceship with likeable characters, which is not entirely convincing in terms of narrative and has little depth in terms of gameplay.
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Apr 15, 2024A visually arresting, warm-hearted tale of a gofer searching for his purpose, Harold Halibut flounders amongst endless fetch-quests and waffle.
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Apr 15, 2024Harold Halibut makes some key compromises to make its eye-popping claymation art style work.
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Apr 15, 2024Harold Halibut’s narrative, setting and visuals are so wonderful and creative from a sci-fi perspective, it’s an enormous shame it’s housed within such a one-note and heartbreakingly boring video game.
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Apr 15, 2024A great artstyle and flashes of brilliance never truly make up for a meandering, risk-averse plot.
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May 2, 2024Harold Halibut overstays its welcome like a free diver that descends too far. Its painfully boring gameplay consists of walking back and forth as the story unhurriedly transpires. Still, the oddball characters and sublime stop-motion aesthetics may hook a few gamers who are happy to wade in the shallows.
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Edge MagazineApr 18, 2024Sharper humour would have helped make these folk more endearing to us, too. [Issue#397, p.108]
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Apr 15, 2024Ultimately, Harold Halibut’s abundance of charm doesn’t translate to the game being charming, and in the end, while there’s plenty to see here, there’s just nothing to do.
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Apr 15, 2024Looking at the Slow Bros.' game, it's hard not to associate it with The Neverhood, but these are just appearances. A bland protagonist, almost complete lack of gameplay, and - on top of that - a huge amount of bugs make Harold Halibut a fish that's very hard to digest.
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Apr 15, 2024Harold Halibut shoots for the moon, and (despite missing its target) lands amongst the stars. In an industry that progressively takes fewer and fewer risks, it is a breath of fresh air to see Slow Bros. take such a big swing. I hope this game encourages more developers to push visual and artistic boundaries in the future. Even if Harold Halibut isn’t for me, I have to respect its vision.
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Apr 30, 2024The ending is a good payoff to a sweet story, with plenty of chuckles and surprises along the way.