Night in the Woods Reviews

Gregg rulz ok No, but seriously this game is straight up majestic

Night in the woods is so awesome there is a lot more to say but I cannot put it into words really.

For the longest time, I tended to stay away from games with a massive story focus over gameplay, but recently I have given more of them a shot, including this one. I am too lazy to use the spoiler formatting, so this review will be spoiler-free. It does take a bit for the plot to really get going, but it feels necessary to get you invested in the characters. I think Mae's friends, parents, and even the random people that make up Possum Springs feel very distinct and worth going out of my way to talk to every day. The story has enough ups, downs, twists, and turns that I remained invested in it until the very end. I do have a bit of an issue with just how fast the tone changes part way through, but that's just my preference. Definitely recommend this one, but I would wait for a sale unless you plan on going for all achievements. I have yet to play the side missions or replay the main story, but I had a really good time with this game for the price I bought it at.

this game is about nothing but it's also about how that nothing is everything because that everything is made out of things that seem like nothing. one of the best told stories i've ever seen in a video game, the game play is mundane in a way that feels meaningful and honest, there's no insane quest or life changing event, it's just life and the meaning you can find in the everyday

Night in the Woods isn’t just a game—it’s a deeply personal, emotionally resonant experience wrapped in quirky humor and deceptively cute visuals. You play as Mae Borowski, a college dropout who returns to her fading hometown of Possum Springs, only to find that both the town and her own past are hiding unsettling truths. If you’re looking for a game that’s more about feeling than winning, Night in the Woods is a must-play. It’s weird, wonderful, and will likely stay with you long after the credits roll.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this game!! The characters are so relatable and the main story line itself will completely capture you. The overall vibe and colors of this game are so appealing as well. I wish I could play this game for the first time again.

I've known about this game for a really long time, and every time someone tells me to play it, I think, "I should, huh?" and then just kind of never do. I live my life, do my daily things. Go with it. Then, I finally decide to buy the game. And, just like that, magically, everything in the game's premise lines up with mine (except the whole - you know). But, everything else? All too familiar. All too real. All too relatable. Leaving. Coming back. Bad job. Giving up. Growing up. Seeing people leave. Worries. Numbers. And... it just felt like, this game 'waited' for me to be ready to play it. Probably just a coincidence, but to me, that's something magical. I definitely recommend this game. I wouldn't be typing this out if I didn't. It gets you thinking. It doesn't matter if you learn anything from it. It doesn't matter if it changes or doesn't change your life. It happened, you played it, something something something. It's just a part of you now, and well, I think, that's what it's supposed to be.

Soundtrack is a banger. Animation and artstyle is incredibly unique and stands out. Story is amazing. I love it. I hope Gregg and Angus never break up.

thanks, corndog, for buying me this game and giving me the pleasure of experiencing it blind.

The best way to describe my experience playing this game is like taking out the laundry while knowing the world is slowly ending. You're placed in a world that's painfully mundane, a small town in the middle of nowhere. You spend your days mucking about with your friends, listening to the gossip of strangers on the street and going to bed every evening, in the same room, in the same house. It's a place where nothing happens, but where something is just wrong. At first it's your character's feelings of aimlessness as she tries to navigate being an adult. Then comes the realization that the people you talk to have buried their desperation, dreams and fears in those mundane conversations you have with them. And finally at the heart of everything there hides a quiet horror. That everything you know is slipping away, has already slipped away, and you're just wandering around aimlessly because knowing the very fact that everything will one day end has shattered your world into meaningless shapes. You walk through the same streets everyday, talk to the same people. But the woods in the distance, always there, remind you that the old shops you knew have closed, the days are getting shorter as the leaves begin to fall, and that every passing minute is gone. [spoiler] The main character spends the story chasing a ghost. That ghost, I think, isn't there to haunt the past or the future. It's just a part of the human desire to hold on to a time that seemed safe, to hold back the rot and decay of the abyss from a cherished place. In the end she finds it in a hole in the middle of the woods. But that hole isn't just in the woods, it's inside her, in the town, in the center of everything. A bottomless void slowly expanding to swallow the entire world. The game doesn't tell you how to defeat the bottomless hole. Instead, it's just the protagonist and her friends surviving, because she decided in the moment the abyss took hold that she is still alive, and that was enough. Because [i]At the end of everything, hold on to anything[/i] [/spoiler]