‘Beacon Pines’ Excels at Showing the Power of Words

Beacon Pines tells a cute (and sometimes a bit creepy) story, and also you’ll information the path that story takes by selecting from a handful of potential phrases.

There’s one thing unusual occurring at an previous warehouse on the town. Only Luka and his different animal buddies appear to note it, although. If you let the curious youngster look into what occurred, although, he’ll doubtless meet a grim destiny. I found that the arduous means once I spent a bit of time serving to Luka look into the thriller. Thankfully, his destiny didn’t finish there, as the occasions of the recreation happen in a storybook. If you return a number of pages and alter some phrases, you may take the recreation in a completely completely different path. One the place you may determine what sinister issues are occurring on the town.

To do that, you’ll select from an array of completely different phrases each on occasion. When an vital story beat occurs, you get a range of phrases to select from, and every of these will take the story in several methods. Some of these appear minor in the second, however can result in sudden, bleak fates or a shocking discovery. They may also result in some foolish occasion, as these are children, in any case. The enjoyable is available in seeing how the phrases will form these occasions. I in contrast it to taking part in mad-libs once I’d regarded at it earlier than. Like the recreation, there’s a silliness and enjoyable that comes from seeing what is going to occur. There’s a darkish facet to the recreation which may make you remorse some decisions, although.

Beacon Pines is enjoyable to play simply to see how the phrases you select form the story. It’s additionally unbelievable to see how some of these seemingly-small phrase decisions can result in disturbing ends or staggering revelations. It’s a pointy testomony to the energy of phrases, and likewise to how the smallest of occasions and selections can change your entire life.



Beacon Pines will likely be made obtainable at the moment on Steam.

Joel Couture

Joel has been overlaying indie video games for numerous websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Magazine, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written book-length research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is consistently on the lookout for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games might be, and seeks to delve into the inventive course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.