future murder victim

A properly surrealist videogame, the gateway to reading Jonathan Eburne's Surrealism and the Art of Crime. Yes, you need this in your "life"

The single most visually appealing game I've ever played, the art style is exquisite! The whole game is a masterpiece I love it
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I absolutely love this game. It's like a Scooby Doo chase sequence through the corpse of western civilization.

9 stories told from across 4 years, building on each others themes and ideas, and growing in quality and ambition. Gameplay is mostly walking, but it's in service of the narrative experience (:walking simulator" as they say).

On the superficial level, the game has lots of wonderfully bizarre liminal spaces to explore, like the set of an immersive theater whose boundaries are unclear. Plenty of memorable character designs and atmospheric music to boot. Dig into the - at times purposely obtuse - narrative, and you'll find a pretty chilling reflection of modern dystopia.

The writing turns a lot of abstract facets of the modern world into movie monsters with knives, some of which I don't think I've ever seen tackled in games (like the embodied concept of the fallible and morally agnostic, but still oppressive nature of enduring moral iconography embodied in a robot with a Mesopotamian god mask). AotK's depth doesn't come from the interconnectivity of its cast or a fine detailed world, but from the richness of the critique and satire that defines it. It's the kind of writing that would risk being tedious in most stories, but here it's balanced by a cartoony sense of humor that knows when to take the piss out of itself.

If you're a fan of surreal horror, or just want a story that can help walk you through a funhouse of modern dystopia, then you'll get a kick out of this. I think Night in the Woods fans - especially people who were intrigued by the Black Goat cult stuff - will find something here to love.

Personal favorite parts for me: Flesh of the Killer, Ears of the Killer, Face of the Killer, but they're all wonderful.

I didn't expect to like this game as much as I did, but something about it just stuck with me. It's a game I think about well past finishing it and that's more than I can say about a lot of games. Good humor, dialogue, and charming main character. Left me wanting for more.

Absolutely amazing. If the screenshots speak to you, do yourself a favor and play this game.