What is it? A platformer, a rhythm game, a branching story—in other words, another inkle narrative experiment.
Release date December 5, 2023
Developer inkle
Publisher inkle
Reviewed on Radeon 5700 XT, i5-9600K, 16GB RAM
Steam Deck N/A
Link Official site
Experimental, genre-bending approaches to interactive storytelling have always been inkle's stock-in-trade, from the increasingly ambitious multi-part adaptation of Steve Jackson's Sorcery! to the high-seas intrigue of Overboard! As fascinated as I was by each of these singular hybrids, I was always struck by a shared incongruity, the feeling that their mechanical and narrative layers were often at odds with each other. Incorporating elements of platforming, survival, and rhythm games, A Highland Song is arguably their most multi-faceted work yet. Can those elements blend into a coherent whole?
