Kentucky Route Zero

**Toupee** · 14 Jan 2013, 02:11 AM

I heard about it today at RockPaperShotgun.

Everything is beautiful and soaked in meaning, images and words that speak directly to the heart and mind. There’s a fair amount of text, both as conversation and description, with one location acted out as a text adventure, which pissed me off at first. When a game is so beautifully constructed, I want to see more of it, but then I realised that I wanted to read more of the game as well, and accepted that there was a reason I couldn’t see that particular interior as I fumbled my way through it. It’s a very reasonable game and one of the most proudly intellectual that I can remember.

Perhaps that’s an odd observation to make, but I think it’s important. I’m accustomed to games that have a point to make or an agenda driving their narrative, and that can be well and good, but it’s incredibly rare to feel such so comfortable in a designer’s ability to challenge and surprise with their own imaginative intelligence as well as references and quotes.

Full Review

It's well worth playing. Short, yes; amazing, oh my god, I was in shock for the entire duration, it felt so good.

What an incredible adventure game! What fantastic writing, delectable scenes, polished camera-work/direction/interface.

Get it from the devs. This is act 1 of an eventual 5... I only wish they were all finished.

**Cowutopia** · 14 Jan 2013, 02:27 AM

STOP EXCITING ME I'VE SPENT ENOUGH MONEY and I'm about to buy all five acts right now.

**Cowutopia** · 14 Jan 2013, 02:28 AM

man I just did.

GAMES ARE SO GOOD. I love that they are growing with the fanbase!@#$!%$^$#%^

I have to play papa y yo.

**Cowutopia** · 14 Jan 2013, 03:08 AM

Superb writing.

**epmode** · 14 Jan 2013, 07:45 AM

I have this and I like it. Good videogame writing is really hard to come by! Also: Good Art, surreal (I hope you like David Lynch)

Please note that even though this is technically an adventure game, there are almost 0 puzzles. Very visual novel.

Anyway, I emailed the developer and he said that people who purchase from his site will probably get a free Steam key once Valve puts it up. It has already been approved for release.

**ChaoofNee** · 14 Jan 2013, 08:11 AM

Their slick web design makes me more excited to play this than the trailer!

**Yoshi** · 14 Jan 2013, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by epmode

Anyway, I emailed the developer and he said that people who purchase from his site will probably get a free Steam key once Valve puts it up. It has already been approved for release.

You are so very in tune with what really matters.