A worthwhile retro survival horror experience that utilizes every inch of its three-to-four hour runtime while paying homage to the greats. Even though it's lacking in scares, it manages to enthrall with its excellent brain-scratchers and deft design decisions. A small and successful slice of survival horror.
Crow Country
SFB Games · May 9, 2024
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A Survival Horror adventure featuring: A rich atmosphere. A strong, tangible sense of place. A small but memorable cast of characters. Meaningful exploration. Engaging puzzles. And most of all - a beautiful, uncanny blend of tension and tranquillity.
The year is 1990. Edward Crow has disappeared. The owner of 'Crow Country' (a small theme park in the rural outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia), he has not been seen since he unexpectedly shut down his park two years ago. The silence is broken when a mysterious young woman named Mara Forest ventures into the heart of the abandoned theme park in order to find him.
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- But even with a couple of missteps, I’m still scoring Crow Country highly. The story engrosses, and the puzzles challenge without being too ridiculous. The game is long enough to be rewarding but not so long as to make replay intimidating. And the retro horror may even make you jump a couple of times, in teen-rated fashion. The Snipperclips devs have done considerably good work here, and anyone who predicted otherwise can eat crow.
- 8.0Crow Country is a great retro-flavoured survival horror that manages to pay homage to the '90s classics while providing a bunch of modern conveniences that make the game feel fresh and, more importantly, fun. Exploring the creepy yet charming titular amusement park is a joy thanks to its wealth of intriguing secrets and nasty creatures. There are a few annoyances that keep it from being a masterpiece, like the slightly delayed screen transitions and the infuriating traps, but like Signalis before it, Crow Country is well worth investigating if you're after a retro-style horror game that, miraculously, doesn't feel dated right out of the gate.
- Crow Country is a sublime, bite-sized homage to survival horror titles of the 90s and early 2000s. We immediately fell in love with the retro visuals and the amazing sound design, but it was actually the puzzles and combat that truly turned this somewhat obscure horror title into an absolute gem. Some minor hitbox issues aside, if you’re a fan of survival horror games, picking this one up is a no-brainer. Even if you’re not a fan of retro games, this one is still very much worth looking into.
- 9.0The aesthetics, densely packed environment and, at times, challenging combat go together to create a really enjoyable survival horror experience that results in Crow Country promising to be a sleeper candidate for my game of the year.
- 8.0Los aficionados a los primeros survival horror, es decir, todos aquellos que nacieron posteriormente al primer Alone in the Dark, tienen un Crow Country un título completamente imprescindible. Capta perfectamente todos los vicios y virtudes del género antaño, pero es capaz de darle una vuelta para convertir en estas segundas lo que entonces eran defectos técnicos o limitaciones del hardware. Todo es importante y ningún apartado del gameplay lo es más que el resto: combate, exploración y puzles, no falta de nada.
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