You know, I at all times thought there was one factor Stardew Valley lacked that in any other case would make it excellent: homicide. I imply, what number of instances are you able to go to the identical festivals and vacation celebrations 12 months after 12 months with the identical NPCs earlier than you need to strangle one in every of them? Thankfully the newly introduced Lakeview Valley will let gamers get away with these fleeting homicidal tendencies roleplaying games can deliver out – supplied they don’t go away any proof behind.
Developer Roope Tamminen revealed the trailer for his new killer RPG (within the literal sense) at the moment. Lakeview Valley is a non secular successor to his final anthology, Lakeview Cabin Collection, a sequence of equally macabre side-scrolling sandbox survival games that includes all of the campy goodness of 70s and 80s horror motion pictures.
Lakeview Valley takes place in a city of the identical title that’s haunted by secrets and techniques and infrequently stabby people that come out when evening falls. Along with renovating your new house and puttering concerning the city to satisfy your neighbours, you will get to sleuthing the case of an area’s mysterious demise. Or ignore it and as an alternative hearken to a speaking tree that calls for a human sacrifice as an alternative.
Be cautious although, Tamminen warns: “The game features a crime scene system that tracks everything you leave your fingerprints or DNA on. So if you plan to murder someone, you better know what to do. The law will investigate every night and arrest you if enough evidence is found.”
Lakeview Valley’s Steam page presently lists its launch date as merely “when ready,” so seems like I’ll be caught pining for my neighbours’ premature demises in Stardew Valley for the foreseeable future.
