Harold Halibut Review

Harold Halibut reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on PC. Also available on PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.

"It may take place at the bottom of the ocean on a distant alien planet, but Harold Halibut’s story is an entirely human one, both in terms of its carefully handmade environments and its strong emphasis on empathy towards its eccentric cast of characters. While I wish that there was a little more interactivity to be found throughout its subaquatic setting, and Harold’s shuffling run could have been boosted to a sprint to reduce the time spent repeatedly schlepping from one end of its levels to the other, I nonetheless remained captivated by his whimsical quest to unite his community and explore the spectacular surroundings of his sunken home. Consistently funny and full of surprises, Harold Halibut is a wholesome, handcrafted adventure with plenty of heart."

[techwizard]

This game just made it to my list of ever increasing backlogs.

[YoshMaster]

Not sure I’ll ever play it but I’ll buy it just for the principle of encouraging such an amazing art style!!

[RexMckinnis]

I've been waiting YEARS for this! I'm excited!

[rogerpiero]

Am feeding my eyes with this visual delicacy

[scott_itall]

A horror survival in this format would be great.

[darron]

What a beautiful and standout art style

[gleekthemonkey]

Yeah, I’m buying this just because of the art style alone. Lol

[Otis]

Looks gorgeous. Thanks for the review!

[randomatorPHD]

From what I’m seeing in the b roll here, this is motion captured, not stop motion.
Not saying either is better than the other, just that there is a difference.

[Thomasw]

Lovely characters, smart worldbuilding, touches you in the feel. Beautiful made game with lots of attention to details. Walking sim though.

[hyiping]

If anyone were this dedicated to what they do, we would have flying cars, teleportation machines and what not, incredible work and incredible dedication.

[AmaymonF]

Narrator, have you ever noticed that you change your pitch (or intonation, idk what it is called) at the end of every sentence.

[XWXS]

Playing it on gamepass great game people should buy it.

[wompstopm]

calling this game a wes anderson movie is very accurate. I would not play this, but it is a treat to catch twitch streamers playing it every now and then

[triple_thrice]

Anyone who digs this look should watch the short Madame Tutli-Putli

[taskintaskiran]

It has a very unique art style and great music. However, the game side of it is too slim, you only go from point 1 to point 2 and push A and watch what happens. Maybe it should have been produced as TV series rather than a video game?

[izzym]

i played this cause i liked the vibes so much but i found the quests and story usually slow or boring but it just looks so visually aesthetic i wanted to continue

[RyanRakowski]

This game was so close to being full on stop motion.

[idealmodernsystems]

This is not stop motion, this is CGI. It was made in a computer. The character models were scanned and animated in a computer. *Not* stop motion.

[AndrewWms]

Harold looks like anton chigurh in no country for old men.