South of Midnight

Questo non è un semplice videogame, è un viaggio attraverso il folklore e la musica, con tematiche che non possono lasciare indifferenti se si ha un cuore. Verissimo, il gameplay è arretrato, ripetitivo, esattamente come lo erano i giochi della mia infanzia per cui per me è un 7. Comparto grafico particolarmente azzeccato. Consigliato a chiunque ricerchi più che frenesia e graficone da un gioco. Per me è un'8 abbondante

It's a wonderful game that's genuinely fun, packed with unique ideas, charm, and soul.

I am glad there are executives at Microsoft who are true gamers and gave the green light to fund a project like this game. South of Midnight is a gorgeous looking game with a story that touches on heavy themes like slavery, interracial relationships, wrapped in a the mysticism of the Deep South. The game is tightly scripted experience full of combat and parkour action. It feels like watching a beautifully crafted cartoon made by a group of incredibly talented artists who chose to express themselves through the medium of video games. The game combat is a bit repetitive, but overall the game is really well made. The game is well worth your time and money.

it's ok, but give us anything from we happy few now

erg leuk spel wel wat kort hoog op een volgende

This is an amazing game to play. The seamless shift from a gorgeous realistic landscape to a surreal and no less gorgeous one is so fun to watch. Love the music, voice acting and clear love put into the story surrounding a phenomenal cast of characters. The game play made me think of my favorites games like Ratchet and Clank for movement and battle positioning, the upgrades to gain skills like skill trees in so many other games (Diablo series, WoW, Final Fantasy, etc) while retaining a quick and fun overall gameplay. This game feels like a labor of love and beauty. So glad I got to go through the whole story start to finish. I will do a play-through later to figure out those special locations I couldn't get to on the first pass-through since I got lost circling the gloriously rendered buildings and just vibing with the environment.

First of all: if you experience any issues with dull colors or stuttering, turn HDR off and make double sure that it was actually turned off. I had huge issues with HDR during my playthrough and only got to see the last few chapters in their full beauty. The game is fantastic! I had South of Midnight on my wish list because I saw the potential We Happy Few had and really wanted to see what Compulsion Games had learnt and BOY had they learnt a thing or two! The thing that intrigued me the most was all the folklore that I hade never seen or heard of before, I could really feel that there were more to the creatures present and the stories told, that there is even more depth to them. I won't spoil anything, just know that the story and the lore will not disapoint you. The story is great. It is told veeeery slowly, so at times I felt like I didn't follow what was happening. But I felt like the story tied everything together neatly by the end and all my waiting for it paid off in spades. Then the combat. It is not Monster Hunter World or anything like that, the combat is a lot more basic. But that enables more people to play the game and the difficulty curve was very reasonable. I had some issues understanding how bosses works at the first boss, which caused some resets, but after that it felt very fair. The punishment for losing a battle is also very light, which makes a loss not sting too bad at all really. The art style is wonderful! Which of course is very subjective, but in my opinion all things in this game are beutifully crafted and the same goes for all places I got to go. The music was spot on too! The music is usually rather calm, but in tense moments of the story lyrics are added. So you are slowly fed small parts of the story and its associated lore while fighting or platforming. The pacing felt really good and I felt like I was entertained at all times. My mere 11 hours of play time felt like about 40 hours, but in a good way! Finally the voice acting. I really REALLY like how this studio embraces accents and dialects, it really drives home how this is somewhere I have no experience with. It also makes all the people feel connected in a way where I am excluded, and I want in too! In other words, just from how characters speak to each other made me want to know more about them all. Great stuff! Compulsion Games, if you guys happen to read this; if you have any lingering guild from We Happy Few, I think you all can lay it to rest. I feel like this game truly redeems any issues that game had an more. I will be waiting patiently for the next story you will tell me. And I really won't mind if that includes a re-visit to the Deep South.

Overall it's a great game. But the gameplay and story felt like a beginner's entry into gaming. Both of these aspects were incredibly simple and repetitive. If it wasn't for the story's dark themes and the curse words here and there I would say this is an S-tier children's game. The art style is really nice, the level design and sound design are some of the best I've ever seen. Voice acting is also great. I absolutely need to mention that the music is also great, really puts you inside the beautiful world they created. However the songs they play for the end of every level (like boss songs with lyrics) are truly the god-awful. Like really really embarrassingly bad. I was rushing the boss areas so that the song would end quicker. Overall would recommend this game %100.