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Rusty Lake n PointClicks <: 3 )~

I have an infatuation with point n clicks. So many games classify as point n clicks that you wouldn't think do! Portal counts as a point n click! and Life is Strange!!! But even mechanically traditional point n clicks are fantastic. If you're looking for a new game, then i recommend trying one from a genre you're blind too. It's fun to explore stuff you'd never otherwise try.

The series Rusty Lake has games that i just love. I couldn't off the top of my head give one or two bulleted reasons why! Maybe it's the unique combination of escape room puzzling and ambient horror or general garish aesthetic. Maybe it's the characters you only barley know. Maybe it's the fun clicking around slamming things together to see if it would crack whatever code the game implores you to figure out. The white door is my personal favorite from the story, taking an entirely new approach both mechanically and story-wise compared to the rest of the games in the franchise. The character you play as becomes surprisingly lovable despite the lack of direct connection with anything about him. It's this lack of concrete information that i think pushes the game to being enjoyable the way that it is.

It isn't for everyone, it has its buggy moments and at times can be a complete slog to try and puzzle your way through. Sometimes the achievements wont trigger, leaving you huffing in agony at the fact you have to redo a puzzle that wasn't fun in the first place. But something about the vague false linear story line keep me on the end of the line.

Gif from videogame "The white door" By rustylake. A man in a monochrome bathroom looks in the mirror in front of him, picks up an orange bar of soap, and scrubs the mirror turning everything colorful.


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I remember stumbling on some of these games years ago.
I was young and I couldn't figure out some puzzles, but I loved the visuals.

I played Rusty Lake Hotel (which gave me chills. For a kid, it was creepy); Cube Escape: Harvey's Box (rip parrot); Cube Escape: Arles (I loved this one bc VAN GOGH); Cube Escape: The Lake and Cube Escape: Seasons (this one was also disturbing).

I'm glad you also enjoy Rusty Lake games. :)


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What a perfect time to stumble on them!!! They are certainly disturbingly beautiful games. One of my personal favorites of the Cube Escape series has to be The mill. Something about the aesthetics and visuals was eerily nostalgic and beautiful. I am glad to have found these games too!!! <: 3 )~

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