But there is some good news.
The red lantern dog death. You adopt the dogs train them up feed them love them give them all the pats and then potentially drive them into an oncoming bear because it s the alaskan wilderness and this is all about survival. Video games can often provide what other mediums can t. The red lantern is a narrative survival game where you and your team of 5 sled dogs lost in the wilderness must navigate the ever changing events of the alaskan bush to find your way home. The red lantern is billed as a narrative adventure but not much happens and the game can get emotionally manipulative.
The red lantern has an option to turn off dog deaths. Much like the dogs who run throughout alaska the red lantern looks and plays. You can pet the dogs in the red lantern and make sure they don t die by liana ruppert on oct 23 2020 at 02 15 pm the red lantern is available now on nintendo switch and this story driven rogue lite adventure features all of the best puppers in one game. When the red lantern was announced for nintendo switch at gdc 2019 the trailer ended with a bear attack one that leaves one of your dogs presumably dead.
The red lantern is a game about a woman and her sled dogs heading out into remote alaskan wilderness to race in. The red lantern available on switch and the epic games store on. But it is only just about that. They show not tell immersing players in the moment and making them feel what a character feels.
The red lantern offers something actual life can t though which is a light literally at the end of the tunnel. Choose how you want to interact with the world do you tackle it head on hunting everything that moves or do you take a more cautious approach. The red lantern s expeditions are a great balance of beautiful and treacherous but the best feature by far are the dogs and they are such good dogs. Yes the dogs can die.
Timberline studio s the red lantern is a game about discovering one s true self in the alaskan wilderness aided by the harrowing threat of death and a pack of loving sled dogs. That s why the developers behind upcoming dog sledding game the red lantern are going to allow players to disable deaths entirely.