The midnight walk review - a beautiful walk in spite of some stumbles

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The midnight walk

May 8, 2025

platform

PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2, Steamvr

Publisher

Fast travel games

Developer

moon

Some strangely unstable about stop-motion animation can be unstable, especially the old school items made before the choice of Walece and Gromeit gave the medium a soft edge. In the years, some games have tapped into the stop-motion esthetic (last year’s Herold Heliboot is a good example), but the new handcrafts horror game The Midnight Walk actually lends into a rebel that is sometimes as an art. The manufacturer of The Midnight Walk, veteran of sports like Fe and Lost in Romand, went extra miles, produced the actual physical model of all its characters and major props, which was then scanned in the game to give everything to be given to give everything to be given the appropriate touch form.

Is the midnight walk a caution -manufactured horror gem? Or do you want this stop-motion adventure just … stop? Further for the answer …

The Midnight Walk Casts players as a mysterious figure, which is just known as a pair of burn one (a pair of a pair that you will ever see yourself) who is a cute/creepy -dreaded lantern named Potboy and a walking house befriends … House. Together you went on a trip with the Title Midnight Walk to solve various problems, resolve various problems and keep one step ahead of a menagari of horrors on the way.

Why do you really want to climb Moon Mountain? The midnight walk is not a little clear about this and if you are expecting tightly plotted from the game, you will be disappointed. This game is mostly about vibes. He said, the game takes the SSOFTWARE approach to fill various details about the world in which you are ever passing through the world, audio logs, and so on. The game is divided into chapters, with each place there are usually some types of dark or tragic backstory. Some surprisingly in the game manages to distribute the moments that affect, while keeping the cutting and dialogue minimal.

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Ultimately, however, which actually attracts you into the world of midnight walks is an impressive presentation of the game. The various animals that Midnight Walk Developer Moonhud have seen that proper balance between attractive and terrible, but perhaps the most striking thing about the game is its environment. Each chapter has a type of subject, from a demon-enacted swamp to a snow-borne village, a shambling veteran to oversee a hand-prepared city, and some Vista within these areas are really notable. The spectacular views of the game are elevated by excellent music that stretch from normal horror trops, in which some tracks have a classical or even jazi spirit. It all works together to create a unique atmosphere and a constant, but not heavy, but to create a feeling of stress.

Playing on the PS5, sometimes it was difficult to fully assess how well the game was going, because the herki-furious animation is a deliberate part of the beauty of the game. There were certainly occasions when the game’s frimit was looking a little bit. He said, it is not really a fast-twitch action game, so performance stumble was not a big issue.

Of course, a game can not be found on vibes and visuals alone, so how does the midnight walk really play? The game gives you a fairly limited selection of abilities – you can allow Potboy to interact with various things, which usually involves lighting it on fire, and you can light things yourself with matches that are scattered very generously throughout the level. These matches can also be shot with a gun that you will eventually receive (it is used to solve the riddles strictly – this game never becomes FPS). Finally, you can also close your eyes, which can provide audio clues to solve some riddles, open the marked path by flashing the eyeball, and freeze or destroy some enemies marked by the same glowing eyes.

The midnight walk uses its limited mechanics in the service of some fairly standard riddles and stealth challenges. Sports puzzles are not very complex, but simply provides enough difficulty to keep your brain busy. The stealth sections are also simple, but work well, at least. At the end of the game, things become slightly more complicated, to work to woo the enemies on the specific switch to players for progress. Sometimes these challenges can feel too much for their own good.

The midnight walk is mostly very linear, although there are times where you have to retreat at a short distance or collect a series of McGuffs within a few more open areas. There is no map to guide you during these moments, those offering glowing trails instead of the game who pop up you and direct you where to go. This approach is functional, but you think you are being directed by the nose. Any type of map or more elegant solution is welcomed.

In fact, the midnight walk looks best when it is at least on the “game-Y”. When you are just searching and experienceing this story world. Strict stealth section, while usually fine, and sometimes even good, is not unique in the same way the world of sports does. It should also be mentioned that the midnight walk can be played in VR, and I suspect that it will work quite well as VR experience (I only played the standard method of game on a TV). He said, I could also see some more moments, which I had earlier disappointed in VR.

The midnight walk is not necessary for an indie, coming in $ 40, but it provides a decent exercise with its story, which takes about 5 or 6 hours in completion. Meanwhile, alternative ends and different types of collectibles can give you a reason to deal with the game again. I felt that this walk seemed quite enough, but your mileage could be different.

The review was based on a copy of the midnight walk provided by the publisher fast travel games.

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