Take it slow in this stop-motion sci-fi adventure
by Andrew Webster from The Verge - All Posts on (#6M4CV)
Image: Slow Bros. Harold Halibut moves at its own pace. A point-and-click adventure built with real-world materials and then animated with stop-motion, Harold Halibut tells a story that's at times slow and ponderous and, at others, cozy and heartwarming. It's sort of like what would happen if Wes Anderson teamed up with Aardman Animations to make a sci-fi game. Which is to say that it's charming and built with an incredible amount of care and detail. As a game, it's standard stuff - but as a place to experience, there's nothing quite like it.
The developers at German studio Slow Bros. say that every element in Harold Halibut was meticulously hand-crafted using traditional sculpting and model-making techniques." And much of the joy of the game comes from...