- Publisher: J. King-Spooner
- Release Date: Sep 16, 2024
- Also On: PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
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Summary:
A handmade action/adventure game based on the rich folklore of the Scottish Borders.
- Developer: J. King-Spooner
- Genre(s): Action Adventure, General, Linear
- # of players: No Online Multiplayer
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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Sep 19, 2024Judero is peak indie game: Funky, weird, rough and wonderful in a way only such a small, ambitious project could be.
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Sep 17, 2024Judero is an earnest, often quite beautiful treatise on what humanity creates to understand the world—on the stories that emerge from lives lived and hardships endured.
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Jan 8, 2025Quotation forthcoming.
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Sep 27, 2024It might be because its anarchic and chaotic design is an antidote to the impersonal and overly polished games that make up the largest sector of the market. There are enough “inspired by” games that try to replicate the successes of others and few that are as nakedly human. Judero says a lot in its tumultuous mix of sadness and whimsy, thoughtfulness and playfulness. What it’s saying is a bit of a mystery to me, but I hear it talking, and I could listen to its voice all day.
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Nov 12, 2024As my time with Judero came to a close, I felt more like a kid watching a library puppet show than an aging writer sitting in front of his laptop with a DualSense controller. Just like a child might ignore the nylon strings holding a marionette aloft or the arm disappearing up a dummy’s backside, I was more than willing to overlook some inconsistent gameplay in order to fully give myself over to the game’s psychedelic adventure. Judero is special in a way video games often no longer aspire to be, melding the developers’ artistic sensibilities with the unique interactivity of the medium into an experience that feels just as untamed as the Scottish fairy tales from which it draws inspiration.