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The Path
You can tell this game is going to rape your mind when you see boxart like this...
The Path is a 2009 art game developed by Tale of Tales. It is inspired by several versions of the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, and by folklore tropes and conventions in general, but set in contemporary times. The player can choose to control one of six different sisters, who are sent one-by-one on errands by their mother to see their sick grandmother. The player can choose whether to stay on the path or to wander.
The game begins in an apartment. The player is shown six sisters to choose from and is given no information about them other than a name. Once the player selects a girl, the journey begins.
The player is given control of the girl, and is instructed: "Go to Grandmother's house and stay on the path."
"Go to Grandmother's house and stay on the path."
The Path is not a game like most you would have played.
The goal is very simple, and very easy. Go to grandmother's house. To accomplish the goal you need only walk in a straight line for 5 minutes.
However, there is more to this game, if you stray from the path, and get lost among the woods...
This is a game that may not seem scary, but in the words of one reviewer; "It is seriously fucked up".
Don't read too much about it before you buy, the less you know the better...
The six Red sisters...
The game is available on Steam, for about $10 if memory serves.
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