Article 6M4CV Take it slow in this stop-motion sci-fi adventure

Take it slow in this stop-motion sci-fi adventure

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Andrew Webster
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SlowBros_HaroldHalibut_HaroldBuddy.0.png 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...

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