Since I knew about the shallow gameplay beforehand, it didn't really bother me (although I wouldn't mind some interesting puzzles), and I think it's well done how the different choices open actions for you later on or lock you out of them. I guess technically it's well done, since it fits to the weird tone of everything, but that might exactly be the reason, why I found it jarring most of the time. This goes hand in hand with the voice acting. I had that problem with Fran Bow before to some extend, but here it feels cranked up to eleven. (Like she really doesn't get it or shuts it out on purpose for her own sake.) All those very dark things often seem to add nothing to the overall story and are mainly used to be offensive for offensive's sake. I also wasn't into the running gag, that she's super naive, retelling horrible things happening around her in a somewhat innocent way. The toilet humour put me off and all those sexual innuendos felt weird and misplaced. I'm in favour of dark humour usually, but this one didn't work for me most of the time. It gets a bit less when you turn post fx off, but it still bothered me a bit, that everything turns so blurry at the sides.īut the biggest problem is the overall tone of the game.
The second thing, that caught my eyes immediately, is the weird use of chromatic abberation. Then the game likes to freeze when you exit it. I'd also love to have the controls displayed in the menu. Granted, it is simple enough to be played this way without problems and I switched a bit depending on what felt more comfortable at the moment. And then I couldn't even get my pad to work, so I ended up using mouse and keyboard. I'm not a fan of PnCs being designed for gamepad. Didn't click too much with me._.įirst bummer are the controls. Oh and did I mention that clicking on the main character Little Misfortune has her throw glitter on things to make them happy versions!įinally came around to playing it and sadly I have to be the party pooper. It's definitely shaping up to be a great game from what I've played and I'd highly recommend it for people who like fairytales and dark humor. Back in the day this would be kinda like Spike & Mike's animation level of X-rated humor, but Southpark and stuff has kinda normalized it so it's more just dark R rated humor.Īnyhow, the art is great! The writing is great! The VA is.interesting (the lead artist voices the main character and she's got a pretty strong accent you're either gonna love or hate or feel it fits in with the weirdness ). From what I've played of the game it looks like they really cut back on the gore to appeal to a wider audience (and also cut down on the puzzles, focusing more of choices with different outcomes), but even if it's not as violent and gory as Fran Bow, I'd say what I've played of Little Misfortune is even darker than that game. Now Little Misfortune follows the same style as Fran Bow, it's a charming funny fairy tale about very dark stuff (dead kids and stuff).
If you haven't played Fran Bow yet, I really recommend you give it a shot. I'd say Fran Bow is probably closest to a horror/R-rated Undertale. It was actually a really charming fairy tale, just made for people that enjoy macabre stuff.
#Little misfortune price full
Fran Bow was a Grimm Fairy-tale-ish macabre adventure full of horrible violence & gore and dark themes but it was not a dark or mean game.
Litte Misfortune is a new interactive adventure by Killmonday games who made the widely praised and very good point n' click adventure Fran Bow.
Platforms: Steam, Origin, Humble Store, GOG so far (likely will be ported since the interface is controller friendly and Fran Bow was on mobile)ĭo you like dark fucked up stuff (w/humor)? Do you like wonderful fairy tales with great art, music, va? Do you like Swedish games? Do you like Foxes? Price: $19.99 or $17.99 if you own Fran Bow on the same platform
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