A new game by Tale of Tales called “Fatale” came out this week, and I haven’t gotten to play it yet. It’s only 7 dollars, which is a price worth supporting any indie developer with, but I just keep waiting for a Steam release announcement (because I’m OC and want all my games to be in neat little rows) and I’m also trying not to spend any money (because I have to make a trip down south soon and fear that when I get there I will be very poor). But I wanted to show at least a little support for what I think is a great company with great ideas, so here’s me “spreading the word” like a cheap jerk.
Tale of Tales games are always for a special audience that don’t want traditional gameplay, in fact my major criticism of “The Path” was that it was trying too hard to be a normal game, mostly through item collection. Their games are usually pretty short and linear with little to no free will, but that’s not always a bad thing. Their art style and atmosphere is absolutely peerless and they try to do something completely different with video games, as well as really pushing the concept of video games as a new and exciting art form.
“Fatale is based on the story of Salome by Oscar Wilde and there’s a short synopsis given on their website (and right here):
“Salome is a first century Judean princess mentioned in the Christian Bible by Matthew and by Mark. But it is Oscar Wilde’s 19th century play “Salome” that really inspired Fatale. In the Bible, Salome is a child who dances for King Herod and asks the head of John the Baptist as a reward. In Wilde’s version, Salome falls in love with the prophet. He rejects her and she has him executed. The play ends with her kissing the lips of his decapitated head.
Most of Fatale takes place in the aftermath of this event, when all has turned quiet and the moon brings comfort to troubled hearts.”
So if you have a taste for the unconventional and love to support your local indie game developer there are a lot of worse ways you could spend seven bucks.
I will continue being poor and pathetic.
“It’s only 7 dollars, which is a price worth supporting any indie developer with…”
If a game sucks it, it sucks, simply saying that 7 bucks should be given to a developer because they’re indie doesn’t make sense.
I for one won’t pay seven dollars for pretentious bull.
What I was trying to say with that statement (probably failed a lil’ to do) is that if an indie developer you are interested in charges seven dollars for a game, that’s not always a penny worth pinching.
I love Tail of Tales, I think they make fascinating and unique games, but they are not for everyone.
If you don’t want to give ToT 7 dollars, than you could donate it to someone like Edmund McMillen or Tom Sennett, who are definitely not pretentious. Hell, do it in protest of ToT’s games.