ShadowsOverLoathing got a surprise NintendoSwitch port this week, just in time to butt into my long OctopathTraveler2 playthrough.
Just recently, I decided to start playing Octopath Traveler 2 on my Nintendo Switch. Within a few hours, I could already see why it’s currently one of the best-reviewed games of the year. It has deep RPG systems, gorgeous HD-2D graphics, and a complex narrative that weaves together eight dramatic stories across its overworld. So it’s a little funny that I paused my journey six hours in to switch to a stick-figure RPG that deliberately contains none of that.
Rather than going back to the Wild West, Shadows Over Loathing takes its signature brand of humor to 1920s America. Our stick-figure hero makes their way to Ocean City to meet up with their uncle, only to find themselves wrapped up in a paranormal mystery. Along the way, they come up against vampires, faeries, prohibition-era mobsters, gun-toting scarecrows, goblin jocks out to beat up nerds, very annoying cellists, and more.
While its story aims for pure farce, the gameplay formula that made West of Loathing such a bizarre charmer carries through here. It plays out like a miniature RPG, complete with a streamlined tabletop stat sheet, simplified turn-based combat, and lots of strange loot to collect . It’s not the most refined experience, as battles get repetitive fast and it becomes difficult to keep an ever-expanding inventory full of junk organized, but I don’t get the sense it’s trying to be.
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