Beacon Pines
The extraordinary conflation of a beautifully illustrated picture book, and a story of suspicious deaths, mysterious chemicals, and the judicious application of the word “shit,” make for quite the game.
Beacon Pines has you playing through a bizarre and often moving story, in gorgeous hand-painted scenes, but where things come to sudden grizzly ends far more often than you’d expect. But when they do, you return to a previous point in time, change a single word in the story, and then play out the ensuing alternative reality. It’s quite brilliant, very funny, and oh wow, that final ending.
Playable On: Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Nintendo Switch
Rough Average Playtime: 6 hours
