Harold Halibut
- April 16, 2024
- Slow Bros.
- 15h median play time
A gorgeously hand-crafted adventure about escaping mundanity by taking chances.
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Get on Xbox Games StoreIn Harold Halibut, you play as a lab assistant on a spaceship that has been submerged in an alien ocean for 250 years. While most of the ship's inhabitants have accepted their life aboard the ship, you help the lead scientist, Jeanne Mareaux, in her quest to find a way to leave the planet and find a new home for humanity. The game features unique stop-motion aesthetics and allows you to explore a diverse and vibrant retro-future world. Join Harold as he navigates the challenges of life on the FEDORA I and uncovers the true meaning of "home."
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Reviews
- story264 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 56 % neutral mentions
- 6 % negative mentions
- graphics106 mentions
- 57 % positive mentions
- 41 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
- gameplay95 mentions
- 15 % positive mentions
- 75 % neutral mentions
- 11 % negative mentions
- music54 mentions
- 52 % positive mentions
- 44 % neutral mentions
- 4 % negative mentions
- emotional32 mentions
- 97 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Harold Halibut Review
Harold Halibut’s amazingly hand-crafted stop-motion visuals buckle under the weight of the game’s repetitive and shallow gameplay and drawn out runtime.
55%Harold Halibut Review
We really wanted to love Harold Halibut, and there are some redeeming qualities. Its wonderful aesthetic is unique and detailed, it has a great sci-fi hook, and there are some good moments throughout the story. Unfortunately, these aspects depreciate due to a prolonged runtime, most of which is filled with slow, repetitive treks from one scene to the next. The narrative is left to hold everything together, but it sadly doesn't quite stick the landing thanks to pacing issues and some iffy writing. This is one fish you might want to let get away.
50%Harold Halibut Review – No Place Like Home
Harold Halibut’s narrative, setting and visuals are so wonderful and creative from a sci-fi perspective, it’s an enormous shame it’s housed within such a one-note and heartbreakingly boring video game.
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