Obscure

It's Grim Up North | Chapter 1 & 2

84% positive of 13 Steam reviews

Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Bad Reaction Games.

About the game

Our hero Terry is enjoying life in God’s own county, Yorkshire, until he makes a shocking discovery. His quaint English village has been invaded by... ALIENS.

Tagged by players

Point & Click
Adventure
Comedy
Old School
Pixel Graphics
Funny
Retro
Story Rich
Turn-Based Combat
Action

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It's Grim Up North | Chapter 1 & 2

84% positive of 13 Steam reviews

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Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Bad Reaction Games.

About the game

Our hero Terry is enjoying life in God’s own county, Yorkshire, until he makes a shocking discovery. His quaint English village has been invaded by... ALIENS.

Tagged by players

Point & Click
Adventure
Comedy
Old School
Pixel Graphics
Funny
Retro
Story Rich
Turn-Based Combat
Action

What players say

Recommended
- First of all, quite disappointed to find out this is only "Chapter 1" of a story arc. I thought I was buying a full game, so feel a little bamboozled. - There are a lot of spelling and grammar and syntax errors throughout for a British game. Bit more QC would be very handy. - The music gets quite repetitive, but eh. + Cutesy charm for a very, very budget game. + Easy enough puzzle and P&C solving. + I enjoyed the…
2.5 h played when written. 10 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I'm going to give this a recommend, I beat it in 2 sittings and it took 4.6 hours. I could have beaten it in 2 if some of the game logic... Worked as it's suppose to. I've used the same game engine as them previously, and there are a few issues in the game, like when you get the key from barker's because you got the Chavs away from his store, he'll still look and ask if you did it and tell you you won't get the key…
4.6 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
It's a funny little game, the type that's fun to play with a casual gaming/adventure fan partner. Rough around the edges, though. Sometimes you can retrigger dialogue for events that should be flagged as completed. Sprite/background layer priority is borderline nonexistent and you'll walk on top of shelves that should be in the foreground and such all the time. Verbs should have hotkeys and/or be selectable from the…
5.9 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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