Dim Bulb Games·Released Feb 28, 2018·Single player
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny. Featuring gorgeous hand-drawn illustrations, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine combines 2D visuals with a 3D overworld US map.
There is space in gaming for narrative output like this, but they need to be carefully tailored to be games first and experiences second. You don't even want to know what this water tastes like.
An overview of American history in which realism clashes with the supernatural, and time is definitely not of the essence.
Stories are worth more than money on this adventure
The noise of flies fills your ears as you step down from the highway in search of shade. The body of a great white bull…
A unique game about collecting and trading stories across the American Dust Bowl doesn't give much room to craft your own story in the process.
This surreal trek through Depression-era America is incredibly imaginative, with many compelling folklore tales to uncover.
For me it ended up being more water than wine.
