In case you had been making a brand new sport within the point-and-click style, how would you make it distinctive? Sport developer Meredith Gran had some concepts for her subsequent title, Excellent Tides: Station to Station. The PAX East 2025 demo showcased how having conversations and forging relationships might assist one degree up in life.
Excellent Tides: Station to Station is the sequel to Excellent Tides. In case you by no means performed the unique, don’t fear; you possibly can play the sequel with out prior information. Station to Station is a coming-of-age story the place you management Mara, an 18-year-old author exploring a giant metropolis whereas making an attempt to transition into maturity. The sport mixes the mechanics of a point-and-click with RPG parts in an intriguing manner. By conversing with metropolis denizens, you’ll choose up totally different concepts you possibly can report in your telephone. These take the type of folks and locations and act like gadgets. You should use these folks and locations as matters of dialog whenever you discuss to NPCs, which helps advance the story. The concept of leveling up Mara by way of this summary conference helps Station to Station stand out from its friends.
Navigating town in Station to Station proved simple sufficient, though at one level, I used to be confused about the place to go subsequent. This isn’t to detract from the title’s controls. It eschews the normal point-and-click format (there are not any a number of tabs like “Look At” or “Discuss To” to be discovered). Speaking to residents and citing matters of dialog was streamlined completely. There are additionally selections you should make all through the story, which might have an effect on how Mara grows as an individual and the sport’s ending. Although my session was quick, I superior to the second a part of the sport. I had to make use of my instinct and detective abilities to determine the best way to make it to a celebration the place I didn’t know the host’s title. This sport actually does showcase the awkwardness of being a teen.
I loved Perfect Tides: Station to Station, even at a crowded conference. Its grounded story pulls on the heartstrings, which is smart as a result of it’s deeply private for creator Meredith Gran. Gamers can anticipate an journey that takes place over the course of a yr and lasts about 16 hours. Preserve an eye fixed out for the adolescent expertise when it launches someday sooner or later on Nintendo Change and PC.
