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Platform, Adventure, Indie, Fantasy
OpenCritic86IGDB88
Night In The Woods is an adventure game heavily focused on story, characters and exploration, with some platforming to get around town. Mae's a cat so the roofs and ledges and powerlines are all her playground, and she's not the only one up there by a long shot.
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Contemplative, inward, richly built and meticulous.
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GuardianKat BrewsterMar 20175/5 starsThis brilliant patchwork of storytelling, vandalism and melancholic reminiscences at the local mall is set to go down as a millennial classic
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DestructoidRaymond PorrecaMar 20179.5/10All of this -- the unique pieces that make up Night in the Woods -- goes back to why it's so damn hard to define the game. There isn't an adequate term for titles that blend clunky platforming with choose-you-own-adventure friendship simulators. Nor is there a word to describe games that feature knife-fighting minigames and Guitar Hero-inspired band practices. But, again, maybe that's a big part of Night in the Woods' appeal. It's a confident outsider, and one that takes pleasure is celebrating the weird ways that everything comes together in life.
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GameSkinnyMar 201710/10 starsDon't let this kitten fool you, she and her friends are super tough and loyal to the core.
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Goomba StompGabriel CavalcantiApr 20176/10A beautiful game with a fitting soundtrack, Night in the Woods pleases with its writing but fails in everything else with artificial choices, pacing problems, and an ending that doesn't go with the tone set in the beginning.
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PolygonJustin McElroyMar 20177.5/10Night in the Woods isn't perfect. I'm not perfect. You're not perfect. Life isn't perfect. But as the game itself tries to espouse, if you've got the patience, you may find that there is true beauty in that revelation.
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IGDB rating 8.5/10 from 323 ratings.
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