For sheer novelty alone, you’d be doing yourself a disservice to not at leasttryHarold Halibut.
According to the developers, every element of the game is tactile and handcrafted.
This gives every single aspect of Harold Halibut a real tangible edge to it.
And beyond a few hiccups, it all worked just fine.
Few games have managed to invoke that in me like Harold Halibut has.
(Be sure to catch up with the postmaster, by the by.
Just trust me.)
It’s easy to imagine someone less enamored with Harold Halibut’s whole vibe finding these things immensely frustrating.
Harold Halibut is destined to draw strong positive and strong negative reactions out of its players.
Harold Halibut is beautifully messy.
The handcrafted, stop-motion look and feel to its world makes every imperfection just another lovely detail.
A game doesn’t need to be perfect for be uniquely compelling.
Harold Halibut certainly isn’t, and yet I would happily recommend it to anyone that’d listen.
Harold Halibut was reviewed on PC, with code provided by the publisher.
