Game Review: As Dusk Falls – Xbox / PC
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Hello everyone. Today’s article is dedicated to As Dusk Falls, one of the most interesting, captivating, gripping, and accessible games that I got to play last year, but didn’t have time to write a review for it until now.
As Dusk Falls is a thrilling narrative adventure game developed by the talented people at Interior Night and published by Xbox Game Studios in mid-July of 2022 for Xbox and PC.
The premise of the game is that every family has secrets and that every secret has a price. As such, As Dusk Falls plays like an original interactive drama where every choice has a consequence and in which the player can take different paths and experience different outcomes every time.
Welcome to Two Rock! One town where two families with decades of dark secrets will collide in an explosive showdown with unforgettable and unexpected consequences.
The narrative explores the entangled lives of two families across thirty years, starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong in small town Arizona. Just like in other similar games, in As Dusk Falls the choices you make have a powerful impact on the lives of the characters. We can draw comparisons to Heavy Rain or Life is Strange, which are also driven by powerful stories, captivating characters, and freedom of choice on the part of the player, but in As Dusk Falls the mechanics are a little bit more simplistic and accessible.
The biggest surprise came when I realized that this excellent game can also be played by low vision, blind, and gamers with motor impairments. The game has text to speech which is turned on by default if you have narrator active on your Xbox Console, one-button interactions, adjustable UI elements, extended timers for actions, and other nifty accessibility features that will ensure as many people as possible will get to experience this dark and gripping narrative adventure.
You can play As Dusk Falls on your own, in couch co-op – fighting for decisions with a friend, or a family member, and even online, allowing others to make the choices for you while you stream via the dedicated app.
Pick up As Dusk Falls and experience an uncompromising story of betrayal, sacrifice, and resilience that will stay with you long after you reach the multiple endings and you roll the credits.
As Dusk Falls is available now on Xbox consoles, PC, Steam, and Xbox Game Pass. For me, it was one of the nicest surprises of 2022 and I want to congratulate everyone at Interior Night for everything that they did with the story and with the accessibility features.
As I always say, disability happens when accessibility doesn’t, but luckily this wasn’t the case with As Dusk Falls, I had no problem playing the entire game from beginning to end although I am totally blind. Thank you everyone and keep up the great work! Can’t wait to experience your next game.
I hope you like this article and will pick up As Dusk Falls when you have the chance. It is worth it.
Your always friend, Victor
Victor Dima
