85%Xbox Series X/S

The levels of choice the player has and the amount of branching story paths surprised me. After every chapter I'd go and see the alternate outcomes, and there would always be more than I expected. Throughout the game I was satisfied with all my decisions. I think that reflects well on the context clues the game feeds you if you're paying attention. My choices also felt significant, as did the quick time events. I purposely failed 2 and a character I didn't like ended up dying - now that's choice. I didn't feel pressured at any time to make a decision in any tailored direction. Also, I thought the story was quite good. It ends on a cliffhanger, though, with multiple questions unanswered, so I expect a sequel or at the least DLC in the future. I'd happily play it.

90%Xbox Series X/S

Really liked it, always enjoyable to go for another run

85%Xbox Series X/S

I really liked the story, music and Art-Style. Reminds me of some Quantic Dream games.

90%PC

As Dusk Falls is a fantastic game if you enjoy games such as Life is Strange and interactive movie games such as The Complex. It has a lot of choices you can make and actually seems to have some good branching to the story you can do. The game also does a good job of pacing and positioning. It bounces between characters and points in time a lot yet does so in a way that didn’t confuse me and actually ties things together nicely. There are also a decent amount of non dialogue game play such as QTE events, and searching the environment in a point and click manner. The music is very well done. One part that is weird and bound to ruffle feathers is the motion. The game isn’t still images or FMV. It is a weird hybrid that is kind of like watching an interactive comic book without the voice bubbles. It’s a decent style and certainly different but at the same time I can see how many people might think that the game is lagging or that there is some kind of glitch as the lips don't move with the audio. I thought so until I watched some Youtube videos and saw it was happening to others as well and was just normal. The game has good object detail such as on cars and buildings but seems to go for more of a comic book style look for people and it's a bit jarring at times. I can't tell if it's a lack of detail on people and clothing or if it just how it's supposed to look. I certainly hope the game gets a sequel as it leaves on a bit of a cliffhanger. There's enough closure to leave me pretty content but at the same time there's a few characters who I feel needed more of an epilogue or needed more time in the last book. For instance I wanted to know more about how Joyce's son Ash faired in the future parts as well as just what happened with Sheriff Romero. I could have even done with more explanation on what kind of journey that Paul and Sharon had. That being said I really enjoyed watching Zoe and Jay unfold and liked the options given there. The game has a great story map which has a very detailed layout of what route your story has taken while not spoiling what elements the the other routes would have introduced. There are also "insights" which are supposed to give you an insight into your play style but to be honest they were a little vague at times.

I played As Dusk Falls on Linux using Wine and DXVK. The game is locked to 30 FPS. There are guides and tools to try to change this but I couldn't get them to work. They're made to work on Windows not Linux so whether that was the cause I don't know. In any case there is no excuse to lock games to 30 FPS on PC so people shouldn't have to resort to tools. The game has an auto save system. You can have multiple profiles each with their own save. I prefer manual save systems myself as it gives the user more freedom but at the same time this game does give you the ability to reload from certain points in the story map so it's not as bad as some games where you only get one save total. One plus I will say is at least the save points aren't spaced too far apart. There are six settings and a resolution option. You can reduce motion blur and depth of field but you can't turn them off which I find annoying as I dislike both. The game at least ran at a constant 30 FPS with no drops. I will say that it used far more VRAM than the visuals should have given their look. Luckily I had lots to spare so it wasn't an issue. I tried both keyboard and mouse and my Logitech F310 game pad and opted for the game pad. It worked with my F310 with zero issues and all button prompts showed up properly on screen. I had also played for a bit on an RX 590 which ran just as well as my 7800 XT so even older GPUs can do well here.

Game Engine: Unity
Graphics API: DXVK
Game Version Played: 1.01 (GOG)
Disk Space Used: 71GB
Input Used: Logitech F310

Game Settings Used: 2560x1440, small depth of field, high res textures enabled, shadow cascades on high, screen space reflection overkill
GPU Usage: 8-47 %
VRAM Usage: 3253-7252 MB
CPU Usage: 6-18 %
System RAM Usage: 3.4-5.6 GB
Frame Rate: Constant 30 FPS

My technical nitpicks aside I highly enjoyed my time with As Dusk Falls. While the story was left with a little too much unfinished at parts it was a great ride and even if there is never a sequel I am content. Few games I can think of can match the branching that they did. I finished my first play through in six hours and twenty one minutes. I paid $9.59 CAD for the game but would say it is easily worth it's current price tag of $33.89 CAD.

My System:

Intel i5-12600K | 32GB DDR4-3200 CL16 | Gigabyte RX 7800 XT 16GB | Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB | Artix | Mate 1.28.2 | Kernel 6.10.2-artix1-1 | Mesa 24.1.5-arch1.1 | MSI G2730QPF 2560*1440 @ 165hz | Wine 9.14

85%PC

Really solid narrative game about two families' paths crossing during a motel hold-up. The art style is this cool comic-bookish stop-motion animation that I could watch all day. Your choices do matter and change outcomes for characters, most of whom can die. Sometimes, you'll roll your eyes at what characters do or say, especially during the hostage situation, but I found that the writing became stronger throughout the game. The one thing I would change is making the QTEs more engaging. As Dusk Falls has minimal interaction. You select dialogue prompts and occasionally press a button for a QTE--and I mean A button, like one, like same thing every time. Great for accessibility, but unsure why there wasn't an option to make this more engaging (aside from the speed). Regardless, thoroughly enjoyed this one.

85%PC

More of a "playable comic book" than a game per se (the entirety of the gameplay is QTE dialog and action choices), but the choices are often tense, and the story is engaging

The choices also have real consequences, and those who are inclined could get 2-3 playthroughs out of it to see all the stories play out

80%PC

As Dusk Falls 8/10:
- Great Story (keeps you entertained)
- The ending is open, doesn't make sense to end it at just that
- The ending doesn't change on the things that you choose; For example if you kill vince he will still appear at the end
- Feels like the characters don't have any emotion
- If you wanna explore other options you would have to start from the beginning, same issue as Detroit
- A lot of crashes for some reason while loading the latest save

90%Xbox One

As Dusk Falls. Experiencia unica con un estilo visual diferente.

Genero: Aventura, interactiva.

Me tomo 7 horas completarlo.

Es una experiencia unica en el genero de pelicula interactiva.

Historia: La historia esta bien contada, algunas cosas las iras descubriendo por flashbacks y tambien veras cosas del futuro. La historia la moldea el jugador en la mayor parte con diferentes finales para cada situacion o decision (al estilo Quantic Dream). Personajes bien construidos cada uno con personalidad solida, con muy buen desarrollo. y la narrativa es muy atrapante con puntos de vista bien definidos y drama al estilo de una serie americana por episodios.

El estilo visual si bien a algunos les puede echar para atras ya que puede verse lento los movimientos de los personajes o escenas pero la verdad que me sorprendio gratamente por que despues de la primer escena te adaptas muy bien al estilo que maneja y muy diferente a lo convencional ya que es como una novela visual en movimiento.

Los logros son lo tipico de tomar decisiones y descubrir nuevos finales.

El gameplay es del estilo pelicula interactiva (the walking dead, detroit, dark pictures) tomar decisiones cruciales para la trama, explorar el entorno quick time events. gameplay bien conocido y que funciona muy bien y se complementa genial con el estilo de arte.

Muy rejugable ya que tiene varios caminos distintos que se puede tomar por pequeñas decisiones y diferentes desenlaces para varias situaciones.

Si lo quieren probar esta en Game pass es diferente a juegos del estilo darkpictures en ambientacion y estilo.

30%PC

Great Art Direction, but cannot stand the writing of any of the characters.

70%Xbox Series X/S

Super interesting game.
Very unique art style and visuals.
Story is very interesting with good characters and engaging storytelling.
Great to follow.
Soundtrack is very nice also.
Gameplay I thought a bit uninspired even for this type of narrative game.

75%PlayStation 5

77%

80%Xbox One

Good first part meh second part

90%PC

故事仍有後續，希望遊戲公司加把勁！

75%PC

I played almost 15 hours and completed the game twice. Don't know how long first playthrough was, only total time. I played through this twice with friends. There are quite a few games that are similar to this but as "choices matter" adventures go that you can play in multiplayer both off- and online, there's really only one other: The Dark Pictures. If you're like me and you're always looking for an adventure to play with friends than this is kind off a must have because it's slim pickings. Even if multiplayer is not a must for you, there's still much to like. The story is well written, the characters are well written as well, diverse and not one-dimensional (maybe two-dimensional). While it's not super original or anything, I for one couldn't guess what was next. The game looks really good imo, the static images might throw you off at first but I liked the more stylised 2D approach over the hyperrealism we're used to. Voice acting is top notch across the board (save for maybe one character, that I didn't like). The story kind of plays it safe in wanting to give casual players enough action and suspense to keep them engaged but it never went over the top. What surprised me the most is how many options there really are. Your choices really do matter and playing a second time to see more branching storylines really is worth doing. It's not something I see often in this genre and that's a damn shame. I think their choice of having a less demanding (2D) artstyle definitely helped here to create all the different paths (2D drawings take less time and resources to create than 3D environments after all) so I applaud that decision on all fronts. Given that this is the debut title of developer Interior/night I'd say it's quite impressive actually. I am very much looking forward to their next game. I hope it's in the same vein as this one and I hope they try to do something a bit more non-convensional for the story. I very much recommend this game for anyone remotely interested in the genre. Especially if you have friend(s) to play with.

80%PC

Good

90%Xbox Series X/S

剧情很棒，唯一的遗憾是小工作室成本有限，只能是PPT，但依然足够惊艳

80%PC

Muy bueno

70%PC

A good story, unique visual style but doesn't excel in the variants to the narrative, and fails in technical quality.

I first played alone and had a way better experience, because I just hopped on my story and went until the end, had fun with the story, accepted my bad decisions and had a good experience.

But then I convinced my friends to play with me, that was hell, we went from
*Can't virtually host for many players to play on the same PC.
*Can't virtually host for people to play with the companion app.
*Everyone has to have the game and even then it depends on Microsofts servers to host a game and is horrible.

We spent HOURS, almost more time than the full gameplay, trying to play, and even when we had all copies, it was horrible to connect, and when we finally did, the inputs were giving trouble.

But technical problems aside, we had fun, although some of the "multiple choices" feel forced and somehow guide you to the same ending, there are some that can change the story, but I always feel like if you make a purely story game, that relies on you making choices, there HAS to be, a big difference between runs, but I understand how costly that can be.

In all a fun game.

7/10.

80%Mac

No soy fan de las novelas visuales, pero al ser interactivo con el chat de Twitch lo hizo bastante entretenido.

80%PC

叙事电影游戏的又一力作，整个剧情选择支相当多，每个人物都有很好得刻画，整个剧情也不怎么拖沓，而且还能多人合作一起看电影。

70%PC

bom jogo de escolhas

85%Xbox Series X/S

86
38/50 ach

65%PC

每月通关游戏：11月，日落黄昏时。10小时。

按照个人意愿玩了一周目，并不想玩二周目选择那些不合个人意愿的其他选项去改变自己，或者其他人的命运。

一周目完成后，通读了一遍全分支攻略......平台能不能给这种没做完的游戏给个专门的标记啊？又不是patreon小黄油😂。

后两张图，是我对个人选择和大众选择差别如此之大感到惊讶。红框标出的三个，功败垂成意味着没有拖着护林员跳崖，好自为之是提前告知凡妮莎然后分手独自上路，暂缓执行是佐伊去看了杰被执行死刑。

我认知里的杰，是不会狗急跳墙伤害危害他人生命，在知道自己身为逃犯的情况下，也不会拉着另外一个不知情的人玩中学生离家出走的青春戏。我觉着这想法不算特别，但真没想到百分比这么低。

而佐伊为了摆脱自己的心魔，去面对并原谅杰就应该是必然的选择，可没想到前后社区的选择对比更是惊人。

理解万岁，但做不到😂。

我的文斯会在旅馆里救米歇尔，但不会接她递过来的酒也不会吻她，我的杰一定会踩泰勒的手指，一定会和凡妮莎早早分开，也一定不会拖护林员下水，我的保罗不会帮丹特但也一定不会跟莎朗走。

85%PC

Fantastic story! The amount of directions the story can go based on your choices is wonderfully done. I usually take my first playthrough as my canonical version of the story, so will not be going back to replay. Great game, hoping for a sequel.

90%Xbox Series X/S

If you’re fine with the art style it’s a very good story game. The quick time stuff is really bad implemented because of very high input lag but it’s a good idea.
Overall a very good experience

80%PC

Super story game. Decision making was sometimes difficult and usually affected the end of the game. I was interested in the story until the end. The QTEs were light but sometimes insidious, so it wasn't all about fast button mashing. The characters were great and the plot twists were interesting and sometimes unexpected. I'm looking forward to the next part (if there ever will be one).

70%Xbox Series X/S

Visual novel créer par d'anciens développeur de quantic dream, le jeu se déroule dans un désert du texas où une famille va se faire kidnapper dans un magasin et va se suivre une suite d'évènement plus ou moins tragique en fonction des choix effectués.
On ressent les inspirations du studio d'origine sur les différentes possibilités d'histoire.
L'aspect visuel est original avec des personnages animés en page de journal découpé, ce jeu vaut le détour sans être non plus marquant.

65%Xbox Series X/S

Style roman photo un peu désuet mais ça a son charme. La fin ouverte suggère une suite, mais il n'y en aura pas a priori. J'ai pas hyper accroché mais j'ai quand meme eut envie de le finir. Le rythme est trop lent a mon gout et l'interaction trop limitée

40%Xbox One

I'm all mixed up over this one, but I think it boils down to the fact that I wish I liked this game more than I did. I wish I enjoyed the writing more, then the story might have been more enjoyable. I wish I liked the overall aesthetic, then I'd be digging those slide transitions instead of waiting for them to end. There's nothing more disappointing than that glimmer of great potential that's often snuffed out by unsatisfying execution.

https://abbysblog.net/blog/as-dusk-falls

70%Xbox Series X/S

nice story game with a lot of twists. otherwise there are a few plot inconveniences towards the end i did not like that much, but all in all a solid 7/10

90%Xbox Series X/S

9/10

50%PC

As Dusk Falls is another in a long line of games that unsuccessfully attempts to make player choice-based storytelling work. It commits to it more than most, with the ability to influence every turn the story takes via these choices. This means bland characters because every character must be a vessel for player choice. This means underbaked plot because the writers must account for hundreds of permutations in this story. But worst of all, this means destroying any sense of cohesion in the story because threads go nowhere when you can unintentionally be locked out of them if you make a certain choice. It doesn't help that this story is extremely tropey, with little to add to any of these tropes.

Funnily enough, while most people seem to dislike the visuals, for me it was the strongest part of the game. 2D pastel character stills in a 3D background is novel and visually pleasing. It also allows the developers to include some inspired camera shots and is a testament to the power of cinematography in video games (as strange as that may sound). However, this is a story game with an unenjoyable story. No amount of pretty visuals can change that, so I can't recommend this game, and the fact that it baited a sequel is a little insulting.

70%Xbox Series X/S

Played coop and it was more fun than I anticipated.

+ Some satisfying payoffs mid-way through the story
+ The plot was mostly engaging
+ Well paced

- Last chapters weren't as intense and are somewhat unnecessary

80%PC

Cool little narrative game. The only thing that might set you back is the slideshow type presentation. Your choices do feel like they have a big impact on the story, which is what you want from a narrative game. The only guy that I killed off was Dean, but fuck him.

75%Xbox Series X/S

A história funciona muito bem, os personagens são bem construídos. O jogo te coloca em situações difíceis e trabalha de forma bacana a empatia. Sempre pontuando as ações com sua origem e consequências. O ritmo é ótimo. Continuação certa.

80%Xbox Series X/S

Cool characters, good story, good visuals, good game overall

100%PC

Ein wirklich SEHR, sehr gutes Adventure mit Sprachausgabe, Konsequenzen, Multiplayer, und und und. Wer der Gamepass und/oder Freunde hat, sollte das auf jeden Fall wenigstens mal einen Abend lang anspielen. Ganz fantastisch!

100%Xbox Series X/S

Jogo perfeito, não enjoa e fez eu jogar mais uma vez

70%PC

Not a fan of the lack of animation but a fan of the branching story, art style and narrative gameplay. Goes for a detroit become human like branching. Story is a bit similar to life is strange 2, fugitive and running away. Think this executed that theme better than LiS 2

90%Xbox Series X/S

Such a really intricate story at times especially with all its good characters. I loved the really good story branching that can drastically change certain outcomes. It was a really good game!

60%PC

Mais um jogo que é basicamente um filme jogável, voce toma decisões que irão definir se voce segue uma timeline ou outra, tendo que rejogar para ver o que poderia ter ocorrido. Não há nenhum desafio, mas se voce errar alguns quick time events isso também define a timeline que o jogo segue. A arte é interessante, mas não me atraiu os personagens estáticos como se fossem cartoons. Os dilemas morais são interessantes em algumas escolhas, mas a maioria é preto no branco.

80%PC

Decision based story games have been continuing to grow in the market since the success of Telltale's The Walking Dead. Dontnod, Telltale, David Cage, and Supermassive Games have been releasing decision based games, making the genre start to feel bloated. However, As Dusk Falls, from developer Interior Night, doesn't do anything new to the genre but creates a great game through improving on what has come before. Decisions do feel like they matter, I even had a significant character die on my playthrough. When I first saw the artstyle, I kinda hated it, but when I actually played the game I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected. I still don't think the artstyle is that great, but it's not terrible. Also major gripe is how large the file size for the game is. The game initially asked for a nearly 70 GB file size. The game also wraps itself up fairly nicely but then ends on a cliffhanger the last 20 seconds of the game. There is no announcement for if there is going to be a new game or just a DLC but the ending felt lacking.

60%PC

A TV crime drama turned choice maker. Seems to have enough path variation and features to warrant a replay, but no skip option. Some mismatch between body and voice actors. Unique painted over art style. Has multiplayer and built in Twitch voting.

My biggest critique was how predictable standard TV drama it felt. Everyone has dirt on each other, predictable plot, and things are too coincidental to be believable.

70%PC

前三章很刺激，后三章故事不大行。系统重复游玩成本高。

70%Xbox Series X/S

Would love to see different sections without having to replay long talking bits, especially with no skip button... so just decided to see the story the one way and call it a day. Neat game. Meh story. Blah to that ending.

80%Xbox Series X/S

The game is like a balancing act. The key question is: do you shy away from the idiosyncratic presentation in the single frame visual novel style or do you overcome the unusual "no animation" style and get involved in the successful thriller story with good voiceovers? I managed the latter, the good voiceovers and the soundscape contribute to it.

The gameplay remains very reduced, besides the decisions (crossroads) there are only QTE and a few hotspots to click on. Anyone who is open to such an interactive film adventure with a convincing and gripping story must definitely take a look.

The game is divided into 6 chapters, divided into 2 so-called books. I played a run through, but then looked at various other decisions and endings on YT. General replay value is very high in the game.

+ Story is kept very exciting and probably the biggest plus point
+ Crossroads choices heavily inspired by games like Life is Strange
+ detailed story tree overview after the chapters
+ good German voiceovers (English also good)
+ lots of hard-to-make 50/50 choices
+ Decisions have different effects
+ Various endings and high replay value
+ Cliffhanger at the end leaves room for speculation (and a sequel)
+ very serious topics and situations (especially in relation to Jay and his father)

- Art style with single images of actors in a 3D environment takes some getting used to, looks like a visual novel
- Reduced gameplay (QTE and occasional hotspots)
- second book may be stretched too far, but also has many great moments
- Chapter 6 unfortunately a bit lame at the beginning
- some unanswered questions
- some noticeable volume fluctuations on voiceovers, but doesn't happen extremely often

Gameplay: 5-6
Story: 9-10
Sound: 8-9
Presentation/Graphic: 6-7

100%PC

jogão

70%Xbox Series X/S

Book 2 much weaker than book 1. And the cliffhanger ending is terrible.

80%Xbox Series X/S

Nice story

70%Xbox Series X/S

As Dusk Falls delivers a good story with many choices which feel meaningful. Have only completed one storyline but can’t wait to see how others pan out.