Release Date: May 21, 2014
An independent RPG production of the debuting studio Vagabond Dog that received an honorable mention at PAX Prime and PAX East. Always Sometimes Monsters allows the player to assume the role of an unfulfilled contemporary artist that has to cope with life’s adversities. The protagonist’s main task is to stop his/her beloved from marrying the wrong person.
Always Sometimes Monsters is an independent RPG for PC, AND and iOS in which we assume the role of a completely ordinary protagonist who, being ahead of a life curve, tries to stop his love from marrying the wrong person. The game was developed by a debuting Canadian studio called Vagabond Dog which received an award for their project at PAX Prime and PAX East.
The action takes place in the contemporary world and the protagonist, whose gender the players can chose, is a terribly unlucky person who find themselves at bottom in an instant. Not having a single penny, they are thrown out by the greedy landlord which puts a question mark over their further artistic career. Moreover, they find out that the love of their life intends to marry somebody else. Having nothing to lose, the protagonist embarks on a journey from the East to the West Coast of the United States in hopes of stopping their beloved one from marrying a different person. Will they be able to regain the love lost and how much will they have to sacrifice to change their life for the better?
Starting out, we create a character by setting her race, gender, and sexual orientation. Although our choices will have a significant influence on the course of the game, in Always Sometimes Monsters we won’t see any combat. The essence of the title is interacting with encountered non-player characters, all of whom have their individual character, preferences, and prejudices and hence will treat us according to their own whims. During 30 days in life of the protagonist—this is how long one playthrough spans—we have to make a series of difficult decisions that will have a direct or an indirect impact on the hero’s/heroine’s fate and the game’s ending. Our primary weapons is empathy, our biggest enemy is indecision.
As far as graphics are concerned, Always Sometimes Monsters for PC, AND and iOS is a representative of the indie stream. Therefore, it features somewhat old-school two-dimensional graphics that resemble simple titles known from Nintendo handheld consoles. We observe the on-screen events from a camera placed at a 45-degree angle.
Platforms:
PC Windows May 21, 2014
Android May 26, 2015
Apple iOS May 28, 2015
Developer: Vagabond Dog
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Age restrictions: 18+
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System Requirements for Always Sometimes Monsters Video Game:
PC / Windows
Recommended System Requirements:
Pentium 4 2 GHz, 512 MB RAM (1.5 GB RAM - Vista/7/8), graphic card 256 MB (GeForce 7600 or better), 500 MB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7/8.
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