Lake Season’s Greetings Review (Steam)
Our Lake Season’s Greetings review takes place at Christmas time, 1985. we take on the role of Meredith’s dad, Thomas Weiss, and will be treated to a warm reunion with Providence Oaks and its inhabitants. Get answers to questions that were teased in Lake, meet five completely new characters, and find out which role an almost retired postal worker can play in delivering the Christmas spirit to Providence Oaks.
Lake Season’s Greetings Review Pros:
- Beautiful graphics.
- 1.49GB Download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Full controller support.
- Graphics – window mode, resolution, v-sync, refresh rate, fps cap, overall quality preset, texture filtering, vegetation quality, shader quality focus, sunshafts, light quality, shadow distance, shadow quality, anti-aliasing, ambient occlusion, motion blur, and bloom.
- Enchanting soundtrack.
- Seperate menu option so you can play it straight away.
- Has its own set of svaes.
- Opening Prologue setting the story.
- Multiple choice interactions.
- Decent voicework.
- The game has you delivering parcels and packages to a small town and mingling with the locals at Christmas time.
- Goose – the name of your delivery van that comes with a semi-functional radio.
- Minimap.
- Save when you want.
- Icons show on the map and the name of the street will show as you enter it.
- Parcels require you to know which one to pick.
- Play how you want.
- After work, you can choose what activities to do or just stay at home.
- Multiple endings and possible outcomes of scenarios.
- Feels very calming and chilled to play.
- Simple controls and on-screen icons.
- Has replay value if you want to see more from the colorful group of characters.
- You get little stories, and tidbits of history as you drive around.
- It seems everyone is trying to hit on you!
- Autopilot lets the game take over and drive for you to set locations.
- It’s nice to be back and the snow makes it all look really good.
- A good nice wholesome story.
Lake Season’s Greetings Review Cons:
- Cannot rebind the controls.
- You reuse lines a lot.
- No new achievements.
- No way to skip cutscenes.
- The mouse cursor stays on the screen.
- Long initial load time.
- Slow pace to it all especially as you cannot run.
- Wooden-looking characters.
- You can’t skip interactions.
- Driving is in 3rd person only.
- Short game clocking in around 5-6 hours.
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Lake Season’s Greetings:
Developer: Gamious
Publisher: Whitethorn Digital
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Summary
This game is a visually stunning experience with beautiful graphics and an enchanting soundtrack. It offers full controller support and a variety of graphics settings, including window mode, resolution, v-sync, refresh rate, fps cap, and more. However, the controls cannot be rebound, and the mouse cursor remains on the screen, which may detract from the immersive experience.
The game is set in a small town during Christmas, where you play a delivery person mingling with the locals. The game’s pace is slow, and there’s no option to run, which might not appeal to everyone. The characters might appear wooden, and there’s no way to skip interactions or cutscenes. However, the voice work is decent, and the game offers multiple endings and possible outcomes, adding to its replay value.
One unique feature of the game is your delivery van, affectionately named Goose, which comes with a semi-functional radio. The game also includes a minimap with street names and icons for easy navigation. However, the game requires you to know which parcel to pick, adding a layer of complexity to the gameplay.
Despite its short length of around a few hours, the game offers a wholesome story and a calming, chilled gameplay experience. It also has an autopilot feature that lets the game drive for you to set locations. Overall, it’s a charming game with a colorful group of characters and little stories that unfold as you drive around. And who doesn’t like a chilled-out Christmas-themed game?
