Were you feeling a little woeful about the somewhat-sparse February 2022 game lineup? Then wrap your face around this: About An Elf is a surreal, "point-and-click-ish, rpg-ish, visual-novel-ish game" that's due out in February, and it's... well, it's a lot of things. We're not sure what any of them are, of course. It's like looking into a bowl of four-dimensional fruit.
According to its Nintendo eShop page, About An Elf is all about the elf princess Dam, and her apprentice, Roland, who is a talking cat that stands like a human. There are four "magical, mysterious lands" to explore, "indecipherable crystal visions" to, er, decipher, and an "assortment of evil monsters" to fight. Do we know how any of that translates into gameplay? Not in the slightest.
The music is very catchy, though.
So... that's all we know. Is it gorgeous? Enticing? Bizarre? All of the above? Yes????
About An Elf comes out on February 10th, for $11.99 on the eShop.
Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Even if they're just "huh???"
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Drugs in the workplace shouldn't be allowed.
I don't know what just happened but i'm intrigued. I love the style and dialog.
Well that trailer sure was something, reminds me of that Xavier show but maybe just less weird?
Princess Dam: "and that's how it's done. "
Roland: "what the hell did I just see?"
Joking aside, I love the weird ones. This looks both awful and amazing. Probably a must but for me.
“And that’s how it’s done!”
But you didn’t explain Anything!
Shovelware at its finest
Well, at least it's by no means original. And I like music and sound effects!
Huh???
(Sadly, I couldn't post that... too short. My evening is ruined).
Everything about this just screams shovelware
I'm severely disturbed by the clown. I was on board until that thing showed up.
The music sounded very similar to FF6’s Veldt music…
I'm having a hard time understanding why I love this so much.
I feel like the contents of this game shown breaks some form of law...
... Or at least a ToS of the site.
Some sort of 1970’s Wonka-esque terror?
[JACK_NICHOLSON_YES_GIF]
@Ooyah yes you can 👇
Huh???
This game look REALLY weird... is that supposed to be a good thing?
@Richardtd WHAT DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GAME OR NINTENDO?!?
Freaking bot or scammer.
For those who wanted more Daryl Hannah in Blade Runner...
@Richardtd What do the first six people who report your spam post get? I think I might be eligible for that one.
@UglyCasanova THANK YOU FOR NAMING THIS. I've struggled to find and or remember the weird cave man videos for yearsss... You have ended a lifetime search. I actually gave up looking a few years ago.
@JasmineDragon good one!
The weirdness reminds me both of Katamari and the Tingle DS games. Maybe Moon if I had played it
So do you have to be on drugs to understand the game too?
It feels like try-hard hipster indie trash. It's trying waaaaaaay too hard to be "wacky" and "weird". No thanks.
The game also just looks like preexisting assets the creator purchased and plopped right into their game.
Delightful Palette cleanser!
Ooh, another weird avant-garde game! This is definitely going on my watch list. And yeah... I don't quite get people calling it shovelware. It looks pretty unique and interesting to me.
@Travisemo007 Haha you're welcome. I too forgot the name and had to Google for a few minutes before I managed to find it.
Why does this remind of that 1990s British TV show called "Eurotrash". The screenshots and trailer.
Despite that association, I am mildly intrigued as it is so weird that it could be funny
This... I still don't understand what I saw, but it's enough to make Suda51 smile, I know that much. I would love a review @KateGray...
Looks super scary, but also intriguing.
Such a great game! If you don’t get why a game like this is amazing, I recommend you move on and play something else. This game was not made for you. Im so glad games like this are being made. To anyone that does get it, I also recommend playing The Artful Escape. There are other games like these on Steam as well. Kudos to the developers.
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