Animal Well | NSW, PS5, PC, SD | 9 May

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Title Animal Well
Platform NSW, PS5, PC, Steam Deck
Release 9 May 2024
Developer Billy Basso / Shared Memory
Publisher Bigmode
Official game website Click

Shared Memory wrote:Discover a mysterious, non-linear, interconnected world as you solve puzzles in over 250 rooms in whatever order you choose. Rely on your wits to avoid danger in this combat-free Metroidvania.

You'll encounter creatures both beautiful and unsettling, and have to decide what is safe and dangerous.

Manipulate a pixel-art world in surprising and meaningful ways and try to survive what lurks in the dark.

In Animal Well, there is more to the world than what you can see.

> Announcement Trailer (19-Apr-2023)

> Release date Trailer (17-Mar-2024)

^ I love the spooky styling and the lighting effects as seen in these GIFs :-).

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This game really makes you feel like animals

Jezo wrote:This game really makes you feel like animals

This is on my radar, will be picking this up on Steam Deck :toot:

ITSMILNER wrote:This is on my radar, will be picking this up on Steam Deck

Yeah, when the announcement trailer was shown in the Nintendo Indie Direct last April it was my personal fave of the show. I'll look out for reviews but, right now, it does appear to be decent!

10/10 in Nintendo Life, "flawless performance on the Switch". Sounds like it's reviewing well (ba-dum tish) elsewhere too.

(sighs, gets out wallet)

Balladeer wrote:10/10 in Nintendo Life, "flawless performance on the Switch". Sounds like it's reviewing well (ba-dum tish) elsewhere too.

(sighs, gets out wallet)

Five stars from Eurogamer, as well!

Edit: Only an 8 from Push Square, though. Disgusting, sack off the development team. ;-)
Edit: A 10 from Nintendo Life. Hmmn... maybe those devs ain't so bad, after all.

Very excited. And I hear it's included with PS Plus premium or something?

But I love playing on Switch! Decisions. But either way sounds like a good answer

Yeah this game is great so far

It comes with PS Plus Extra but I bought it on Switch anyway like a sucker because I like the Switch feel and Sleep/Stop crispness and portability and I've tried it and no regrets

Listening to The Back Page pod today and Matthew Castle was talking this up. I've just started an actual Metroid game on the Switch so I'll hold off for now but it's going on the wishlist for sure

He compared it to Outer Wilds, Fez and The Witness on Twitter. Sniper shot into my Give A Sh*ts

PuppetBoy wrote:Listening to The Back Page pod today and Matthew Castle was talking this up. I've just started an actual Metroid game on the Switch so I'll hold off for now but it's going on the wishlist for sure

Yeah Matthew is pretty reliable so his praise for this has got me interested.

If it's on PS Plus I'll definitely give it a go, although I do think it would be ideal for Switch/Steam Deck really

Animal Well | NSW, PS5, PC, SD | 9 May

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