Every so often, an independent title comes along and truly knocks our socks off. Recent examples of that include Valfaris and Return of the Obra Dinn, and the next PlayStation 4 game you can add to that list is Lake. From Dutch developer Gamious, this tranquil experience is confirmed to be coming to Sony's current-gen console at some point in the future and we can't wait to play it for ourselves.
As the gameplay overview trailer above describes, you find yourself in the shoes of Meredith Weiss as she takes a break from her career to deliver mail in her hometown. It sounds like a game heavily focused around interacting with the townsfolk of Providence Oaks, learning of the stories they have to tell and getting back in touch with old friends. A laid-back title indeed that doesn't sound like it'll hold back any punches in terms of the themes it tackles, going as far as letting you engage in romance and preventing the construction of questionable apartment complexes.
The core gameplay loop revolves around delivering mail, however, as you go from house to house posting the letters and packages residents are expecting. We love the easygoing nature of Lake as well as its art style and cannot wait for it to arrive on PS4. What do you make of the game? Do you enjoy its laid-back approach to gameplay? Make sure you've got a stamp in the comments below.
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Ooh, it’s one to watch seeing as Death Stranding seemed to fill a postman-shaped hole in my heart.
Is this the next Strand game?
She gets involved in romances so she's a polygamist that delivers mail sounds like death stranding
But can you sack it off early and chuck it all in the lake?
This looks very chill. I'm in.
She best have a cat called Jess in that van.
I'm guessing there are no pedestrian or other moving vehicles. Collisions with those elements may spoil the mood.
This sounds wonderful. I’m very much looking forward to it.
Dialogue is going to be immersive and great. ''hey Darlene, you got my mail?'' ''Yes I do have it'' "great''
@ApostateMage so many on here won’t get that joke. I salute it though
Oooh, I used to work as a postman during university. Hope this will be the easy-going nationalised service instead of the privatised version I was a part of.
Looks good, Would definitely love to give it a try.
@eumenes Hey I'm a postie myself so I'm impressed by how much you know about our conversations!
It will most likely have stuff like 'If it's a bill you can take it back!' Or 'Where's your shorts?' And 'You are late today postman I hope you have my packet cuz I ordered that yesterday..and another thing,that birthday card you brought me yesterday had no money in it,you better not of taken it ' etc etc..
Drive Stranding
Looks cool, art style is really nice! very disneyish. Ill prob get this unless the unlikely event that its broken on release some how
@kyleforrester87
I heard that's one of the achivements/trophies.
So this released in September for Xbox and PC, and the devs say they have no current plays for other platforms
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