Beacon Pines
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Beacon Pines is a visual novel, story rich and emotional game
developed by Hiding Spot
and published by Fellow Traveller.
Released on September 22nd 2022 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 3,207 reviews of which 3,136 were positive and 71 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 1.8GHz+
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB
- Storage: 500 MB available space
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A bizarre, intriguing story told in a compelling way. The voice acting was very good and the characterisation was even better. Ultimately it's a linear story, despite the appearance of being branched, but that didn't really detract from the storytelling. Personally I loved practically all of the characters; they were all very well-written, with their own motivations, strengths and flaws, and through the various branches of the story we explore their relationships from multiple angles. 10/10 would recommend to anyone.
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Watch it then redo it Beacon Pines is a visual novel style adventure game . The plot takes place in the city of Beacon Pines and the protagonist is Luca Van Horn, a boy who lost his father in an accident and his mother recently disappeared. The game is a web of mysteries waiting to be discovered. The main theme of the game is to advance the story until a bad ending and then try again by choosing another path. These choices are limited by Charms , specific words that you need to find by exploring the city's various scenarios and talking to the city's residents. Armed with Charms , the narrator will always suggest coming back at some dead end and using the new words to help Luca get out of trouble. Like a good mystery plot, the best thing is to discover it by playing, I loved the game and recommend it to anyone who likes adventures, narrated stories and mysteries. The game has a very simple difficulty and its platinum is relatively easy to do.
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This game not only has a beautiful art style, but a wonderfully crafted and emotional story. This was my first experience playing a game on steam and I couldn't have been happier with it. It was easy to play while still delivering the level of story telling and beauty I desire in my gaming. 10/10
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Beacon Pines is an adorable and often touching game about change. Good or bad, everything changes. Luka is a 12 year old boy living with his Gran who moved in recently after his mother disappeared (and his father passed away 6 years ago). The story follows him uncovering secrets that the small town of Beacon Pines has hidden for years along with his friends while dealing with a lot of the difficulty that comes with growing up. I'd liken it to Stranger Things most directly while competently doing it's own thing. It was a fun plot to explore and unravel, though I'd argue it's made more effective by the characters themselves being so strong than a truly mind-bending mystery. But that's perfectly fine, I'd prefer simple but entirely enjoyable than something obliquely convoluted. The game is, for all intents and purposes, a visual novel with a tasty shell of gameplay overlayed on top. You read (or listen to) the story, reach branches where different outcomes can occur, hit different "endings" and make choices that change the direction of the story. What made this a bit more enjoyable for me, is that the gameplay was much more involved than most VNs that are simply clicking through text. You have lush and beautiful environments to run around with Luka, people to talk to and goals to reach. Sure, most of that is simply running around and hitting interact before the next story beat but you'd be surprised how much limited agency helps you stay invested and connected to the story. Run around, find new charms (keywords to use at story moments) and move the story along. The actual prose is nice but what makes it sing is the voice acting. There is only one voice actor in the entire game, reading the narrative descriptions and making asides on her own. And boy, does she put in an amazing performance. Absolutely wonderful job that imbues the lines with such nuanced and varied delivery for complicated emotions and maintaining appropriate mood. I can't praise the voice actress enough, she carries this game on her back. None of the characters speak but it doesn't detract at all from the game since the VA is always there to follow up and move things in the proper direction. The other two standouts are the music and art. The music was a nice surprise. I was only expecting some background nicety, maybe a nice tune here or there but the soundtrack has some phenomenal piano work and I found myself noticing it again and again because I'd hear some measure that just hit really well. The art is stunning, just gorgeous in its backgrounds and characters. Lush coloration and cute designs. Really gave you a lot of great characters and environments to look at in what is mostly a game told through dialogue and narration. Amusingly, my favorite art was actually the little 'pencil' illustrations at each decision point in the menu as it resembled the normal character art but...sharper and more active. My only complaint (and it's not actually a complaint but something that I can see bothering others) is that the actual character models are of the 2D paper on a limited skeleton variety that some games do nowadays. I know a lot of people don't care for this as it often looks cheap or like a mobile game, but the actual art of the models is great and you can only really tell when they're moving or need to adopt a position that is difficult for the skeleton to do. That said, they also did a number of clever tricks with regard to staging so that it hid the model's limitations in certain scenes. Again, I think it looked fine and wasn't out of place, but it might bother some. I enjoyed my time with this game, played it over the course of two days. Easily recommend for a fun narrative experience that doesn't overstay it's welcome, filled with heart and beautiful art.
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This is a super cute game, but looks can be deceiving. There's a mature, ominous story mixed in with the cuteness. And it's a worthwhile story to dig into. This is a branching game, so be prepared to play parts of it multiple times if you want to get a "good" ending. That gets grindy, but I stuck with it and was rewarded with a satisfying Epilogue. If you can spare the money, then Beacon Pines is worth its full price. If you wait for a sale, like I did, then it's DEFINITELY worth a purchase. I recommend it.
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Online players
9
Developer
Hiding Spot
Publisher
Fellow Traveller
Release
22 Sep 2022
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