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  • Summary: It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Sep 12, 2021
    89
    Lake's curious proposal is surprisingly entertaining, although it ends up being repetitive. The worst part is the numerous bugs that affect the experience.
  2. Aug 31, 2021
    88
    Lake is a wonderfully chill adventure. The sense of place is great, the characters we meet are all interesting and entertaining, and I found it to be a great way to unwind after a long day – the way it should be. Well worth checking out, and an adventure I’ll come back to time again.
  3. Sep 17, 2021
    85
    Lake is an impressive cosy experience that condenses the best of rural life into a small package of contentment and melancholy. Fantastic voice acting, writing, and an overall positive message help elevate it past just another title available on the market. Graphical and performance issues are present, but they aren't bad enough to stop me recommending this indie adventure to anybody feeling a little lost, or searching for a peaceful and relaxing game to unwind with.
  4. Nov 5, 2021
    70
    Lake is a good narrative adventure with monotonous gameplay but a fascinating artistic direction that is impossible to ignore.
  5. Nov 4, 2021
    68
    Lake is a relaxing take on the daily experiences of a rural mailman. Interesting, though monotonous at times.
  6. Jan 12, 2022
    65
    Highly relaxing, sometimes too much perhaps, Lake offers an escape of a few hours that is not refused when one seeks a purely restful narrative experience. The interactive story shaped by Gamious also benefits from a great deal of authenticity and choice of dialogues that allow the player to feel truly engaged. Too bad the adventure is based on a pattern that does not evolve enough, a too languid pace and a scenario that fails to touch us fully.
  7. Aug 31, 2021
    60
    In full, Lake doesn't quite reach the highs I experienced when I played it in part earlier this year. The story gets in its own way with narrative threads that compete for time and ultimately leave none of them with a satisfying conclusion. While the game is beautiful and its central mail carrier gameplay is as strangely enticing as it seemed all along, it's the people of Providence Oaks I will not miss.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. Sep 5, 2021
    10
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  2. Apr 12, 2022
    9
    I had a great time playing this game. I loved the atmosphere, the characters, the music, the story and the choices we had to make.
    If you are
    I had a great time playing this game. I loved the atmosphere, the characters, the music, the story and the choices we had to make.
    If you are looking for a "feel good" and relaxing game that tells a parenthesis in the life of a woman, this game is for you.
    I hope more games like this will come out.
    For points of improvement, I would just mention the fact of fixing slight bugs and putting more music for (even if I loved them).
    Thanks to the developers for this game and this great experience.
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  3. May 27, 2022
    8
    You should not play this video game expecting AAA values, because it is an indie game and this review is based on that. Lake is a very calmingYou should not play this video game expecting AAA values, because it is an indie game and this review is based on that. Lake is a very calming and relaxed experience, with very beautiful scenery and perfect music for the atmosphere the game tries to create. It's also not a game with a big mystery or plot twists. It is a game about a small town by the lake and its very characteristic characters. The weak points for me were the driving, sometimes a bit awkward, and the music selection being not very varied (funny, because in one of the lines of dialogue, the main character criticizes this too, ahah, that was bit meta). But within what it sets out to do, it was a fun and at times exciting and touching experience, and as I said, very, very relaxing. Perfect game to escape the frenzy of other big games with big boss fights, etc. I will want to play more games from this studio. Expand
  4. Jan 6, 2022
    6
    Lake is a peaceful and simple game. Just ride, deliver and meet the people in the area. It is actually quite relaxing after a busy day. I wasLake is a peaceful and simple game. Just ride, deliver and meet the people in the area. It is actually quite relaxing after a busy day. I was suprised how many actual choices the player gets during the story to set it to your hand.

    At the same time the game tests your patients due to a lot of dialogue that feel to long (not skippable) and a slow walking main character.

    Pros:
    - Simplicity is good for a change
    - A lot of dialogue options and choices that will change the story

    Cons:
    - Slow walking character
    - Facial animations are non-existing while it feels important in this kind of story
    - Story felt a bit to long
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  5. May 3, 2022
    5
    Played this game on gamepass, so it was worth an attempt, not sure how much I would of paid for this though probably only a few dollars ifPlayed this game on gamepass, so it was worth an attempt, not sure how much I would of paid for this though probably only a few dollars if that. The game itself is very straightforward, you deliver the mail and you talk to the people who live there.

    pros
    - although the music is limited I do like the songs in the game
    -voice acting is passible and there are some funny lines
    -some areas like around the lake are definitely nice to look at the nature

    cons
    -game feels very lifeless and boring as there's no random dialogue or scenes, like everything is scripted.
    - I get that this is a low budget game, but the graphics remind me of something from several years ago, the characters show no emotion at all.
    - Story is very predictable and there's really no plot twists or surprises
    -Some of the dialogue is boring, and some of the dialogue choices really don't represent what you think it means.
    -Sometimes it feels like when you play the game that it's going to just like fall apart and stop working. Kinda hard to describe but basically it feels outdated

    It's an okay game to play maybe after a long game. Overall, 5/10 game.
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  6. Jan 16, 2022
    5
    EN:
    Quite a slow game. The movement of the main character is slow, the physics of the vehicle are below average. The dialogues in some scenes
    EN:
    Quite a slow game. The movement of the main character is slow, the physics of the vehicle are below average. The dialogues in some scenes are extremely boring. The only thing to praise is the Art style of the game. Amazingly, there is no option to play in paused dialogues.

    SRB:
    Poprilično spora igra. Kretanje glavnog karaktera je sporo, fizika vozila ispod proseka. Dijalozi u nekim scenama izuzetno dosadni. Jedino za pohvalu je Art stil igre. Neverovatno da ne postoji opcija da se igra u dijalozima pauzira.
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  7. Jan 9, 2022
    0
    L’étron indé du jour est une sorte de simulateur de distribution de courier et de colis à la cambrousse, autour d’un lac… Mais y a pas le feuL’étron indé du jour est une sorte de simulateur de distribution de courier et de colis à la cambrousse, autour d’un lac… Mais y a pas le feu au lac, alors la postière ne peut pas courir… elle peut à peine bouger son gros cul un peu moins lentement… ça promet !

    Certes, sa camionnette est tout à fait utile (et indispensable) mais ça ne va pas accélérer grandement la distribution vu que Madame tape la discute à chaque fois… une authentique fonctionnaire ! des choix lors de ces dialogues sont censés nous raconter une espèce d’histoire… qui se déroule dans les années 80. Mais on s’en fout en fait.

    Parce que très vite, on s’emmerde à mort dans cette simulation de ‘vis ma vie de péquenote de factrice’ à deux balles : c’est en effet extrêmement répétitif et chiant. Le monde est généré cela dit tout en 3 dimensions, ce qui ne laisse pas d’étonner pour un étron indé… mais façon 3d de début des années 90… en 256 couleurs !

    C’est donc vraiment… dégueulasse graphiquement parlant et de plus sur console et notamment Series X, l’étron ne tient même pas ses 60 im/s ! En conclusion, on a là une simple stupidité de sous-jeu chiant à chier par terre au milieu de la route.
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