As Dusk Falls Review (PlayStation 5)
As Dusk Falls Review, As Dusk Falls is an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT that explores the entangled lives of two families across thirty years. Starting in 1998 with a robbery gone wrong in a small town in Arizona, the choices you make have a powerful impact on the characters’ lives in this uncompromising story of betrayal, sacrifice, and resilience. Drive the lives and relationships of multiple characters in a decades-spanning story told across two intense books.
As Dusk Falls Review Pros:
- Beautiful graphics.
- 56.72GB Download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Gameplay adaptations – hot-spot display (show all/standard/stay on), QTE types (standard/press once/no mashing), extended QTE timer, choice timer on/off, extended override timer, and broadcast mode timer.
- Audio description accessibility feature on all versions, providing information on key visual elements for the benefit of low-sighted and blind gamers.
- Free companion app.
- It supports up to 8 players.
- Twitch Extension Available: Let your viewers make decisions.
- Audio accessibility options – narration, audio description, narration speed, chat text-to-speech, and speech-to-text.
- Three ways to play – solo, with friends (both locally and online), and broadcast mode which is where Twitch chat can play.
- You can play the game with just the mobile app.
- Supports Haptic Feedback and the controller touchpad.
- Insights is where you get a breakdown of your choices at the end of a chapter and see hidden insights about your values, personality, and play style.
- Adventure gameplay.
- Opening tutorial video.
- The game is a case of making choices, finding things in the environment, and sometimes making split-second decisions.
- Some of the best character voice work.
- The game uses a very unique and creative animation style that needs to be seen.
- All cutscenes and interactions are done in the game.
- You can add players or connect to the app at any time within the pause menu.
- Good impactful soundtrack.
- It’s a game all about making it your own with your decision-making and changing the story.
- Tons of replay value.
- As the story progresses you get to play as different characters and see things from other perspectives.
- Great looking locations.
- Memorable characters and situations.
- You can deep dive into every played-out scene and chapter looking at possible outcomes etc, it’s really well presented and looks cool.
As Dusk Falls Review Cons:
- The animation is not for everyone and can look a bit out of place in sections.
- A slow pace to it overall.
- You don’t always get a notification of interactions.
- More an FYI but you can skip or fast-forward the conversations.
- The choice selections in the game feel sluggish.
- Choices don’t always align with what I want to do in a situation.
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As Dusk Falls:
Developer: INT./NIGHT Games Studio
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
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