Tentacle Award – May XBLIG of the Month: Sequence

game of the month!

Sequence is a shining example of what can get done when game genres that appear to have been exhausted are flipped upside down to create something new. Part Puzzle Quest, part Dance Dance RevolutionSequence is all about delivering a fun, highly polished indie game.

You’re first introduced to the game through the presentation of the protagonist, Ky, and the character who will be his “shepherd,” Naia. I was greeted not simply by text, but by very competent voice actors. Now those of us who have been exclusively playing AAA titles may be thinking “big whoop,” but the fact remains that voice overs add a lot of personality to a game, and poor voice acting, even in the best games, can be a shortcoming impossible to ignore. Sequence doesn’t have this problem. In fact, a good portion of my motivation to continue through the game stemmed from the desire to hear the interplay between the main two characters.

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Posted on by Taylor Bliss in Features, xblig