Harold Halibut is too good to be a 90s throwback

The high-tech world of game development has long had a fruitful creative partnership with the low-tech world of clay people being poked around all day in order to simulate movement. In the world of film, too, stop motion animation always seems to endure, despite the fact that it must be one of the hardest and most arduous ways of get moving images onto screens. There’s something gorgeously, lovably tactile about it which can’t quite be mimicked, and so it is seen as worth the extraordinary effort.
Harold Halibut is a deft blend of that hand-built aesthetic with modern video game animation that absolutely hits a sweet spot between the two, capturing the imperfect, organic essence of human-made art and imbuing it with life via motion capture and skilled cinematography. The result is something quite unlike anything I’ve played before, and a great marriage of art style and storytelling. The setting is a rattly old spaceship, submerged for centuries under an alien ocean, host to a remnant of human civilisation that is making the best of a bad situation. Of course it’s gnarled, and a bit wobbly, and tinged with a sense that none of the bulkheads quite fit together as well as they should.
Check out the video above for an in-depth appraisal of this very unique adventure, in which we ask the question: is it still possible for games to surprise us?
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[@gregorymorrison5818]

would have had no idea this game existed were it not for this video, and now i'm in awe. cheers, jim

[@kendoyle]

I've downloaded this. Looking forward to giving it a try.

[@leoseydoux3831]

Really excited about this game, looks amazing

[@wangchung2157]

I was looking foward to Harold Halibut ever since I saw the release date trailer like 2 months ago and man I loved it, yes its not a traditional game but the narrative, dialogue, and characters as well as art style and setting really struck a chord with me. I also loved Harold he was so relatable

[@alext1165]

This looks absolutely class, cheers Jim

[@tomcabler3084]

I'm loving this game so far! Story and looks are amazing and it's on sale right now until 24th so that's a plus for anyone who wants to pick this up!

[@computertoucher]

I haveny properly played a game for aboot 5+ years but I’m immediately interested in this. Ta for the review!

[@ceripowe3818]

Tom was robbed