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Little_Writer rated Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard

A downloadable game for Windows and Linux.

I'm Finn, a roebuck returning home to the land of Velehill to celebrate an annual festival, only to find his parental home completely destroyed. Monsters roam the land, and the nearby villagers are convinced it's the wolves, once banished to the other side of the forest. But Finn encounters some weird elements while looking for his parents that makes him believe a lot more is going on than just a pack of vengeful wolves...

Really liking the game. It's like a fairy tale world filled with talking animals. There are many characters with great voice actors and several different locations all easily accessible through a world map. It all looks very cheerful but the place got its darker side too. Sometimes you're even warned of approaching danger by a flashing save (floppy disk) icon. And indeed, if you slip up, you get one of those classic death scenes the old Sierra games used to be filled with. Only here it's funnier than being simply annoying.

The puzzle difficulty is right up my alley. I like the in-game notebook to keep track of your goals. More games could use that, lol! And the jingle when you've done something right, really gives an extra sense of achievement. The difficulty lies pretty much in finding the necessary items, and some of them are quite hidden. You really have to look at everything. Luckily this world is so well designed and beautiful to look it, you really want to investigate all you can.

This is a fun and beautiful world to walk around in! There are some heavy "The Secret of N.I.M.H." vibes at the end of this chapter. I really like how this story is written, everything makes sense, there's danger lurking all over the place, there's a general feeling of urgency, you really want to achieve all goals and, well, save the world basically.

This game is amazing stuff, I felt really happy when it ended, usually you get a general "okay, that was fun, let's see what I'll play next!" feeling, but here I'm really quite immersed in this world you created and really wanted to celebrate the good ending. It's a gritty fairy tale that's about more than just cute talking animals. Very good story, I really hope it becomes the success it deserves to be!