TWO, not one, but TWO GAMES ZED?!!!! HOLY!!!! AND LORE TOO. Both were pretty short, but I must admit, these 2 were the hardest one's you've made since The Fish's Tale.
Let me begin with Fairview Tale.
So it seems like the town that all these games take place in is called "Fairview". I'm glad this is finally established. Dalia seems like your typical spunky detective with a hard attitude, yet has a sense of adventure for solving a mystery, if that makes sense. We're clearly playing as her nephew Ted who came across the cemetery because he wanted Chicken quickly (quite relatable) and he lost his keys because of the deadly spirits of said cemetery. Now he has to shovel up graves in order to find 5 keys in order to escape.
The concept seems simple enough. Dig up graves, avoid spirits, and run away or use an orb to fight them off. At first I thought I could open up any grave and I got a pretty good scare out of them because of the black graves. I assumed I would be capable of outrunning the spirits, but I learned that the hard way.
(NOTE:) I appreciate the fact that you can continue from where you left off after dying. I didn't know that until I tried 4 times. You can easily lose if you're not paying attention enough.
I will say it is quite balanced for what it is. There are a lot of graves and only 5 keys, but you can dig fast and basically go through an entire row in 10 seconds. I always had to keep watch off the spirits and luckily had orbs to use because you can outrun them unless if it's a straight line.
I didn't try opening a different coffin after a collected all 5 keys, but I can only assume it's a simple game over from there. I liked the fact that Ted hit the ghost with a shovel at the end haha.
There's not much to say lore wise, but it seems like a step into knowing a small bit about the town or how it's attracting attention from outside parties. I WAS ESPECIALLY SURPRISED when I saw ZERO thicc characters in not only this game, but the other as well. Still, I digress, I'm not mad or anything and clearly I'm just joking, but like damn, no thicc girls today ZED. I will say though, it's kinda refreshing to play as a male character this time, which hasn't been done since the "Vermander Curse", so it's a whole new breath of fresh air sort of.
In the end, this was a bit of a challenging game, but I enjoyed it and I would like to challenge everyone here to try and beat the game without continuing. One full run without dying basically. It shouldn't be as hard, but a slip up can get you.
Thanks for a good one,
Based Boi