- Publisher: Finji
- Release Date: Dec 13, 2017
- Also On: iPhone/iPad, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 36 Ratings
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Positive: 19 out of 36
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Mixed: 5 out of 36
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Negative: 12 out of 36
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Jul 24, 2018More interactive novel than game, Night in the Woods won’t be for everyone. However its appeal is still high thanks to a clever blend of light-hearted yet surprisingly mature storytelling and some of the best friends you’ll meet in a video game. It’s also one of the most painfully accurate depictions of working class life. With pressing financial troubles the cast of Night in the Woods don’t have the luxury of dream careers, gap years and discovery vacations. With a sense of melancholy, it’s time to leave childhood behind and grow up fast.
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Official Xbox Magazine UKFeb 26, 2018Intentionally slow pacing is admirable, but it derails an otherwise enrapturing game. [March 2018, p.84]
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Jan 17, 2018Night in the Woods is a refreshing take on the adventure genre. With unique visuals and an all too realistic setting, the game will appeal to anyone who enjoys storytelling on a level more human than the usual fare seen in the medium. The town of Possum Springs will be a depressingly familiar one for any who grew up in small American towns where complacency with hardship is in the water, and it's a credit to the game's writers that every single resident of the troubled town feels real. Even if you didn't live in such a setting, the game's subversion of coming of age tropes make for a special story. It does sell itself out a bit at the end to drive home its central theme, but the rest of it is visually, audibly, and narratively memorable.