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Kentucky Route Zero - Act IV
Shannon, Conway, Ezra, Junebug and Johnny float down the Echo River aboard the Mucky Mammoth along with several new companions. The tugboat makes various stops as the group continues to make their way to 5 Dogwood Drive.
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9 reviews found100
Destructoid
Aug 7, 2016
Summary and quote unavailable.
95
Multiplayer.it
Sep 1, 2016
Summary and quote unavailable.
93
RPG Fan
Oct 11, 2016
In a narrative sense, Act IV is most likely the calm before the storm in Act V, and falls perfectly in line with the five-act structure often used to analyze Shakespeare (the section of falling action). The best adventures are ones where the location — physically and mentally — one begins and where one ends up are shockingly, violently different. Kentucky Route Zero embodies this notion as the characters (and the player) disappear into the night.
90
GameSpot
Aug 4, 2016
Act IV proves the journey is everything, and what people take from and give to each other--even in the most desolate, purgatorial version of America imaginable--still matters. It's heartening thinking about what other players might take away from the stories shared during our motley crew's time sailing Lake Lethe--and what it might spur them to do in the real world.
90
Ragequit.gr
Jul 31, 2016
Summary and quote unavailable.
85
IGN
Jul 22, 2016
Route Zero: Act 4 constantly alternates between serene and unsettling, with the occasional dash of humor thrown in. The comic visual and dialogue nods help immensely, keeping the dense, introspective writing from simply becoming too much navel gazing.
81
Kill Screen
Jul 26, 2016
From the room of VHS tapes, to the security footage, to the bat sanctuary, to the theremin performance, to the camera’s final, extended retreat up the rickety helix of a spiral staircase; Act IV confronts us with scenarios that test and limit our perception. Like Snow’s Wavelength, it gives us just enough to trick us into feeling like we’ve glimpsed something real.
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Adventure Gamers
Aug 29, 2016
Summary and quote unavailable.
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Jul 22, 2016
Despite my sense that this chapter is not quite the equal of those before it, it is entirely unmissable if you have played those, still as beautiful and unpredictable and as forlornly romantic as ever, and this time it shows me at least two places I wish I could go and live in forever. And though some water may be overtly trodden this time, be in no doubt that things are moving towards a conclusion. Dogwood Drive awaits. Kentucky Route Zero Act IV is out now on Windows, Mac and Linux via Steam, GOG, Itch and Humble through the developer's own site.
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