Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuIt's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake... Alles lesenIt's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.
- Meredith Weiss
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- Angie Eastman
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- Robert Harris
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- Frank Coleman
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- Kay Evans
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- Maureen Hennesy
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- Lori Young
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- Steve Mitchell
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- Burt Mackey
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- (as D. Roy Bradley)
- Jack Reynolds
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- Emily Weiss
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- Thomas Weiss
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- Mickey
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- June
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- Walter Morgan
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- Nancy Carlisle
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- Matt Kearny
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- Writer
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WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesEaster egg: Mackenzie Crook plays a detectorist named Andy, who can be found wandering around Providence Oaks with his metal detector and whose character model is based on Crook's likeness. This is a reference to Detectorists (2014), in which Crook plays a detectorist named Andy Stone. Andy appears in different locations on different days (including the farm, the hotel, and the lumber yard) and Meredith can pull over the mail truck and talk to him, which will also unlock the "Lake Metal Detector" achievement.
- PatzerAt the start of the game, Meredith is in her apartment on her computer and her entry is shown as being "Week 35". Near the end of the game, Meredith is sitting in the kitchen of her house typing on her computer. Her entry shows "Week 35". Since Meredith was in Providence Oaks for two weeks, her entry should be showing "Week 37".
- Crazy CreditsThe "special thanks" section ends with the message: "And an extra special thank you to all mail carriers around the world, because we know that the job is not as easy as we portrayed it."
The gameplay is fine, but the gameplay loop is boring. The idea of driving around and delivering packages or mail isn't all that bad of a concept. The problem is the lack of variety. You'll be doing deliveries the same way everytime, with absolutely no challenge or obstacles to overcome. It's repetitive. Now, I'm not expecting action-packed set pieces, but I'm expecting some sort of constraint or at least some variety in the mission design. The game just isn't compelling to play.
The story, or lack thereof is another aspect of the game that just feels like it doesn't exist. The idea of a slice-of-life adventure game isn't a bad idea. In fact, a few graphic adventure games actually do some interesting things with the concept. But Lake goes nowhere with its story. You meet a diverse cast of uninteresting characters, with no compelling plot points to keep you invested. Characters and dialogue are really only here for the sake of it - even then, some of the writing isn't all that great.
Lastly, the presentation. The art direction is good, the environments are fairly well designed and the character models work for the aesthetic and tone. But that's all there is to the presentation, really. The technical performance (on PS5) is inconsistent and the rendering results in a lot of pop-in. The soundtrack is filled with repetitive singer-songwriter tunes that aren't bad, but the songs here lack variety. Also, some of the voice performances in this game either feel too animated or too robotic to be anything of positive note.
Lake is a gateway game. A game for people who being introduced to the world of interactive entertainment. There are many better graphic adventure games out there that are much more worth your time. I couldn't recommend Lake to the most hardcore of adventure game fans. There's just nothing here. Again, the gameplay is fine for the first hour and the art direction is good, but the game lacks variety and narrative intrigue.
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