Welcome to Elk

 Xbox One
Metascore
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
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  1. God is a Geek
    Sep 25, 2020
    65
    Welcome to Elk is an interesting biographical game about how stories help shape communities. It features some interesting mini-games and a good cast of characters, but the stories feel a little too personal and at times you feel like an intruder.

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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Sep 19, 2020
    8
    Welcome To Elk is a fascinating, small-scale narrative with meta elements coming from Denmark developer Triple Topping, Welcome to Elk is aWelcome To Elk is a fascinating, small-scale narrative with meta elements coming from Denmark developer Triple Topping, Welcome to Elk is a bright spot in 2020. This 2D indie introduces main character Frigg as she’s arriving on Elk Island to apprentice in a woodshop for the summer. Once there, she’s soon introduced to the residents and becomes enmeshed in close-knit, small-town life. Welcome to Elk is a big bag of things, though it’s primarily a story about storytelling. It’s about how we take the bag of stories we’ve accumulated in our lifetime and use them as a material, like clay, to shape into things that help us survive. It's almost like a demo built around a second-hand story that was itself second-hand. So many layers of memory and interpretation in there, so much fuzziness and imprecision it's brilliant. The stark parts of the story get even more so and everything else gets vaguer. It's funny and horrible and genuinely dark while Welcome To Elk remains memorable too. This is such an easy game to recommend to all gamers, without spoiling it you will either like it or love it - I'm quite confident in the fact there's something here for nearly everyone to enjoy on their Xbox One.… Full Review »
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