South of Midnight is the third game from Compulsion Games, and the first game to be published by Xbox Game Studios after they acquired Compulsion Games way back in 2018.
For those who won’t watch the entire video, here’s a summary. The game looks and feels great, with a strong emphasis on the narrative, which is set in the American Deep South. After playing several games set in Japan or Europe recently, this setting immediately felt fresh and memorable. As someone who is completely unaware of that region’s stories and culture, this game felt like a well-narrated story introducing me to various folk tales and cultural elements.
That experience itself is worth the price of admission, but on top of that, there is also a decent video game built-in. Now, the gameplay part of this video game does fall a bit short, which is probably why it didn’t get outstanding reviews from the critics, but the other elements are so well made that the gameplay fades into the background. And the relatively short runtime makes it easier to digest the sections of the gameplay that aren’t necessarily fun, and lets you focus on the parts of the game that are quite fun and interesting to explore.
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