• FREE GAME (?): Uncanny Tales: Cold Road

    From Spalls Hurgenson@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Sun Apr 19 10:54:03 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action


    That question mark in the subject line is questioning the free-ness of
    the title; it's whether the product being offer is really a game.


    * Uncanny Tales: Cold Road https://store.steampowered.com/app/3534240/Uncanny_Tales_Cold_Road/
    It's not just that this is a vaguely horror-themed
    narrative game (a.k.a., a walking sim); it's that it's
    an incredibly short experience to boot. Reviews indicate
    that it's 20minutes long at best... and at least five
    minutes are spent locked in your car as it drives down
    the road. Conceptually, it looks quite good... but it's
    buggy and there's almost no content. As many reviewers
    have indicated, it feels more like a demo or proof-of-
    concept than an actual game. Still, that was good enough
    for "P.T", and while "Cold Road" isn't anywhere as good,
    if you're interested in the IDEA more than the mechanic,
    it may be worth a look.


    You've got until the 20th to claim this one.


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