Chaos has descended upon the town of Gruesome Grove and its fate rests in Nora’s hands. Join her on an oftentimes gory journey through a beautifully hand-drawn world. Discover forgotten truths, make peculiar friends, encounter monsters and solve puzzles in this mysterious and macabre adventure.
Allogloom shines when it lets you wander through a fully imagined world. The art, writing, and audio all push the same mood, and the puzzles teach you something about the town and its people as you solve them. You won't run into any technical trouble in Allogloom, so nothing pulls you out of the story.
Fans of Strange Antiquities and puzzle adventures should definitely give Allogloom a whirl. It’s gorgeous, delightfully weird and just the right amount of creepy, making it a lovely little addition to your Halloween gaming list.
Galactic Ghosty’s debut is a truly needed addition after Fran Bow, and it can even be seen as its spiritual successor. It won’t become an instant classic at a glance, but if the developer learns from its mistakes, their next game could easily become one.
For those who want a neatly packaged, slightly eerie, yet beautiful escape to another world, Allogloom is amazing. If anything, I wish I could’ve had just a little bit more about the spaces we visit to see what was happening in each area. Again, this isn’t anything that’s a true negative, but I did end up with just a few questions on some of the areas...
So, to conclude! What surprised me most about Allogloom is how much it reminded me of the point-and-click games I played when I was younger, without ever feeling childish. A straight line runs from the curiosity that made me click everything in Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, or Freddi Fish to the curiosity that kept pulling me deeper into Gruesome Grove and...
