Never Alone was a beautiful game that told the story of a
young girl and an Artic Fox as they explored the snow covered tundra around
them. It also drew heavily on folk law and helped present a new set of stories
from a different culture to the world.
Fox Tales is a three level addition to the main game and
tells another story. This time the tale is one of the pair trying to rescue a
small mouse that has been washed away by the spring currents. On their journey
they encounter a huge monster mouse that is frightening people away from a lake
and decide to defeat it so people will no longer be scared.
The game plays like the original but is more puzzle based
and our two adventurers spend most of their time in the water or canoeing on top
of it. The main role of the fox is now to move spirits around to cause fast
currents to flow in different directions. The girl is mainly used to pick up
rocks and then drop them so they bounce around to their destination aided by the
movement of the spirits. It’s sort of a cultural marble run.
It all works well and the story being told is both interesting
and enjoyable. It’s not particularly difficult and certainly won’t last you
more than an hour or so but it’s great to see the game taking on more folklore
tales and putting them across in such a beautiful way. The new mechanics such
as rowing the canoe and the new puzzles fit well also. If you liked the
original it’s well worth picking up this new set of levels and we certainly
hope for more in the future.
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