Off-Peak

Off-Peak

released on Feb 15, 2015

Off-Peak

released on Feb 15, 2015

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.


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In my opinion, this catches the vibe of the best type of walking sim adventure game. It has a surreal environment, and functions as much as a virtual art gallery as it does a basic narrative adventure game. Beautiful stuff, and the soundtrack is in my top 5 of video games.

Off-Peak is a game I probably should have loved, as it is very similar to BABBDI which is one of my favorite indie horror games of all time. The premises, and almost the entire games are similar, in that these are baron worlds, in this one being a futuristic, cyberpunk-esque weird world, as BABBDI is a world that seems left behind in its inhabitants.

Both games feature you exploring this world on your own, feeling the vibes it gives you, talking to the NPCs and characters, and really seeing what these worlds have to offer. Both games are also about finding a train ticket to leave the city you are in, by description, they are almost identical, just with a change of setting, so why do I not really like this game?

I believe it's just not that interesting. It is oozing with creativity, and doing things differently. There are little pieces in this game that are super cool to look at, little art pieces that are very esoteric, and feel super out of place in the real world, but just look so cool.

But this game doesn't have an interesting hook to it, BABBDI had a chilling atmosphere, with AMAZING movement, some of the best I've ever seen in a game. With this game, it's just walking, and running, and talking to people, and finding your ticket. While this game does have a stronger premise and story, it is by far less fun to play, and really feels like a prototype to something like BABBDI.

Maybe I would like this game more if I hadn't played BABBDI to compare it to, but since I did play this after, it does just feel lackluster. I can't say its a bad game, because it does have so much creativity to it. But it's not one I think I will remember.

Overall: 5/10

Woah, me core. A little stunned honestly, I literally had my Arban's right next to me while playing this and own a few other of the trumpet books. Plus the board games which I fw heavily, the music is funky as hell... great vibes all around, the creator seems like probably a cool dude.

Not really much of a 'game' but it's free. if this is just a sampler of the vibes Cosmo D games offer I am very interested

Off-Peak é um museu de arte surreal em forma de jogo. Após um dos meus primos me presentear com um PC Gamer que ele não usava mais, decidi procurar jogos que o meu PC antigo não aguentava (até criei a minha Steam), e decidi jogar esse por interesse e pra ter um gostinho de como são os jogos do Cosmo D. Nesse jogo, você se perdeu numa estação de trem e precisa procurar pedaços de uma passagem num museu de arte pra sair do lugar e no meio do caminho você conhece gente estranha e aprecia o local. A forma mais fácil de resumir esse jogo, é um walking sim à lá Yume Nikki aonde você explora espaços surreais que é minimalista em tudo (adendo: nunca joguei Yume Nikki, então posso estar falando asneira). Ele tem uma história, mas ela é bem vaga e abstrata e não é necessário entendê-la para aproveitar, já que o negócio se sustenta mais pelas vibes do que qualquer outra coisa. As vibes aqui são imaculadas, com cenários surreais que parecem familiares e um onirismo encantador, e por mais que não seja graficamente lá essas coisas, a direção de arte compensa ainda mais pra sensação surreal do game. Por mais que tenha um objetivo presente, ele não é o que importa aqui, já que ao se passar num museu de arte, tratá-lo como uma exibição virtual o ajuda, então aproveite o passeio e veja o que te aguarda nesse museu. O que mais me encantou aqui foi a trilha sonora, com seu hipnótico jazz eletrônico e um ótimo design de som. Suponho que por ser do início da carreira do Cosmo D, esse daqui não seja um dos games mais bem trabalhados ou profundos dele (eu costumo ouvir de outras pessoas que esse aqui é um dos mais fracos dele), mas ter me dado um gosto de como são as suas obras me despertou interesse. Off-Peak é uma maravilha minimalista e o seu onirismo nessa galeria surreal é encantador, e tendo duração breve e sendo de graça, chega a ser uma oferta difícil de recusar.

Brief as it gets but the atmosphere is excellent

A short game full of curious references, and most importantly, we can collect cookies.