Welcome to Elk

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  • Summary: Welcome to Elk, an adventure game set on a fictional island stitched together with true stories and tall tales, and inhabited by the people who lived them.

    You play as Frigg, a young carpenter trading their busy life in the city for an apprenticeship in a small town. When she arrives in    Welcome to Elk, an adventure game set on a fictional island stitched together with true stories and tall tales, and inhabited by the people who lived them.

    You play as Frigg, a young carpenter trading their busy life in the city for an apprenticeship in a small town. When she arrives in Elk, Frigg worries that the slower pace of life will be boring (they don't even have the internet), but quickly discovers nothing could be further from the truth!

    The stories reflect the drama of our lives, on Elk it's known that humour, love and death go hand in hand. Life may seem hard sometimes, but it is always followed by laughter.

    On Elk, you will meet weird and wonderful characters - people whom the world has either ignored or forgotten. Follow their ups and downs, their odd drinking rituals and their unique ways of tackling whatever life throws at them.    … Expand

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  1. NintendoWorldReport
    Feb 11, 2022
    85
    Overall, Welcome to Elk! has a lot to say about the stories that make up our lives, told through charming character designs, clever writing, and a delightful soundtrack full of acoustic guitars, banjos, and other rural sounds that make spending time in Elk feel nice even when it gets sad or uncomfortable. Characters like Beth and her daughter Freddie are memorable, and moments such as the fate of Beth’s husband will likely stick with me for a long time. Frigg’s experience feels genuine and grounded even during moments of whimsy. At the end of the day, the game’s message is that sometimes a good story is just that: a good story. It really doesn’t need to be anything more.
  2. Hey Poor Player
    Feb 21, 2022
    80
    Welcome to Elk is a game that’s hard to quantify. Hell, it’s hard to even accurately describe. Somehow, it manages to be moving, mystifying, upsetting, intriguing, stressful, confusing, enlightening, and probably a dozen other contradictory things. Welcome to Elk doesn’t provide satisfying answers or endings. There are few, if any, likable characters. You’ll experience more trauma than you probably want to in just a few, short hours. And at the end of it all, you’re left clutching at the sharp, jagged shards of other people’s emotions, wondering… what do I do now?

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  1. zachtgray
    Jun 22, 2022
    10
    Beautiful and moving. Hard to describe, you just have to experience it for yourself
  2. Mgns55
    Feb 15, 2022
    10
    A real master piece of storytelling and all of humanity‘s emotions compressed in one adventure. Love it, can‘t recommend it enough.
  4. BobsYourUncle
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    This game really surprised me with its narrative and dark tone (in a good way). At first I wasn’t a fan of its art style but it grew on me.This game really surprised me with its narrative and dark tone (in a good way). At first I wasn’t a fan of its art style but it grew on me. It’s about 4 hours long and there are some interesting little choices you get to make, but nothing that significantly impacts the story. One such choice floored me! I sat there was minutes, debating what choice to make. It really was one of the hardest choices I’ve had to make in a game. Be prepared for some pretty upsetting subjects that are rarely addressed in video games. That’s what makes this game so exciting though!… Expand

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