South of Midnight - just south of greatness
Like the romanticized American southern manners, South of Midnight greets you with its charms at first sight. The stellar music, the art direction, the stop motion-like animation feel like ice-cold lemonade on a sweltering New Orleans night. But, again, like the romanticized American southern manners, something problematic often lurks underneath the charm. From the very first intro animation, one thing becomes clear: the game oozes atmosphere. The animation which purposefully skips frames (much like the Spider-verse films do) blends with faily good but definitelly well accented voiceovers, moody guitar blues, haunting banjos and gospel-like choirs. It all swirls together like moonlight and fog, pulling you deeper into the bayou levels, where stories with that southern, almost voodoo/hoodoo vibe unfold through simple puzzles, decent platforming and bad combat (but we'll get to that later). The soundtrack would definitely steal the show, if the rest of t...
