If Steven Spielberg were to make a video game, then that game would be Bloomtown: A Different Story. Lazy Bear Game’s latest has the same easy charm, thrilling adventure, engaging mystery, and audience-pleasing action that mark the great auteur’s best films.
Bloomtown plays like a likeable combo of E.T and The Goonies, or, for those who like their pop-culture reference a little more of the moment, like a combo of Stranger Things and Wednesday.
But despite these heavy-weight cultural influences, Bloomtown is still very much its own, utterly brilliant thing.Played from a top-down perspective, Bloomtown: A Different Story has the old-school retro RPG aesthetic and turn-based combat that gamers of a certain age will absolutely adore.
The game wastes no time getting into the adventure, as Emily and her brother Chester have come to spend their summer holidays with their grandpa in the cosy and welcoming 1960’s Americana inspired Bloomtown.
Yet, all is not as it appears, this is a community cram-packed with mysteries and conspiracies, hidden just beneath the surface.