Grimm’s Hollow
When Lavender woke up this morning, she wasn’t expecting to be surrounded by a crowd of over-excited, skull-masked strangers with cake and balloons. After all, it wasn’t her birthday; and this wasn’t her home.
She devises a plan to find her brother and escape from the outlandish townspeople of the Hollow – but is she prepared for the grave consequences?
Grimm’s Hollow is a video game inspired by a longing for a short and sweet RPG experience with memorable characters, some humour, and a minimal need for grinding. (Consequently, the developer decided to try and make that game.)
Grimm’s Hollow has:
- A lot of comfort food.
- A lot of cute ghosts.
- A lot of mean ghosts.
- 3 haunted caves to explore!
- Multiple endings.
Grimm’s Hollow Review
This game made me really care about it. It’s one of those games where the writing, music, graphics, and gameplay all work together to give life to the characters within it. Even though the setting takes place in a small area (comprising of 2 buildings, 3 caves, and a bake stand), it still feels like an entire world that had a past from before you started playing and a future that unfolds after you stop playing. Every part of the game serves towards this purpose. The developer took the time and effort to make sure every small, nuanced detail felt right. Whether it’s a quirky little animation, the presence (or absence) of circumstance-fitting music, or the sound effects that make every footstep and enemy strike sound just right, this game does a phenomenal job making sure that every contributes an immersive experience. You’re not interacting with a piece of software, you’re interacting with a world.
However, this game, as is all games, is not perfect. The combat can be a bit unintuitive owing to the fact that enemies can attack you while you are selecting your move, but you will PROBABLY get used to this and after that, boy, does it become quite an exciting experience. In addition, this game has many mentions of death. While this sounds terrible on paper, the game does manage to pull out some interesting game choices out of it. Unless you have trouble discerning fiction from reality (or are uncomfortable with the mention of death), you should be fine. All other flaws I won’t elaborate on because they’re subjective nitpicks (ex. didn’t like a word choice; thought a certain sprite looked weird; thought that the music overplayed the “spooky” instruments that one time in the game).
If you’re looking for a game that will make you invested in a new experience, you might have just found it.
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