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Play Overview
Rusty Lake: Roots (2016) is an unusual point-and-click puzzle-horror game that has you piecing together your family tree. With a wide range unusual puzzles and game mechanics, like growing a literal family tree, it tells a story of a broken family and dark secrets and creates a sense of empathy and understanding for the characters within.
You play James Vanderboom, who returns to the Rusty Lake area as the sole heir of his family, inheriting the ancient family house. You piece together your long and complex family tree from the 1860s to the 1930s, uncovering hidden secrets and long-lost ancestors as you piece together the dark and uneasy story of your past.
You progress through the game by expanding your family tree, a literal tree you water and nurture to help it grow. This unlocks new levels, corresponding to different family members, reaching backwards through time.
Gameplay is similar to other Rusty Lake games; you collect items and use them to complete puzzles and unlock hints. For example, you can find a code on a letter, which you can use to unlock a case containing useful items, or giving people in a photo specific hats to unlock a secret. While the puzzles are very difficult, they are always doable given your current information (or access to it), making it a challenge with great reward.
It's a unique game and entry into the Rusty lake franchise, with a unique setting and story to tell, that offers unique puzzles, progression systems, and a chance to muse deeply on the game's complex story and many mysteries.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Rusty Lake: Roots 24 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 23 months ago.
You play James Vanderboom, who returns to the Rusty Lake area as the sole heir of his family, inheriting the ancient family house. You piece together your long and complex family tree from the 1860s to the 1930s, uncovering hidden secrets and long-lost ancestors as you piece together the dark and uneasy story of your past.
You progress through the game by expanding your family tree, a literal tree you water and nurture to help it grow. This unlocks new levels, corresponding to different family members, reaching backwards through time.
Gameplay is similar to other Rusty Lake games; you collect items and use them to complete puzzles and unlock hints. For example, you can find a code on a letter, which you can use to unlock a case containing useful items, or giving people in a photo specific hats to unlock a secret. While the puzzles are very difficult, they are always doable given your current information (or access to it), making it a challenge with great reward.
It's a unique game and entry into the Rusty lake franchise, with a unique setting and story to tell, that offers unique puzzles, progression systems, and a chance to muse deeply on the game's complex story and many mysteries.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Rusty Lake: Roots 24 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 23 months ago.
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Play Style
This is a Point-and-Click game with Brain Game, Narrative and Puzzle elements. This is a single-player game.
Duration
Play Time: This game will take between 3 hours and 5 hours to complete. Given the complex nature of many of the puzzles, you can spend a significant amount of time on each section of the game, resulting in longer play sessions.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
There are some creepy sections, and blood and gore is frequently present.
Skill Level
12+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. As well as the horror elements and violence/blood and gore, the game's puzzles are extremely complex, often requiring a great deal of patience and lateral thinking to beat, making it more suited to older teens.
Costs
Rusty Lake: Roots usually costs £3.99.
Rusty Lake: Roots
There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.Game Details
Release Date: 20/10/2016
Price: 66% off
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC and iOS
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Point-and-Click (Brain Game, Narrative and Puzzle)
Accessibility: 18 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Developer: Rusty Lake Com (@RustyLakeCom)
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