The Short Game

52: Contrast

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This week we discuss Contrast, a flawed but interesting puzzle platformer for PC and consoles. Contrast has an appealing 1920s cabaret aesthetic and a really neat shadow-merging mechanic that had a lot of promise, but the game didn’t resonate with most critics. Is the game worth its three-to-four-hour playtime?

Contrast is available on Steam (Windows), Playstation 4, and Xbox One, as well as previous generation consoles, and costs $14.99. Expect it to take three to four hours to complete.

Links for this episode

  • Contrast by Compulsion Games – official site
  • The Night Circus – Amazon
  • The Daddening of Video Games – Stephen Totilo at Kotaku
  • Psychonauts
  • We Happy Few – the next game from Compulsion Games
  • Monaco – What’s Yours Is Mine
  • Rocket League
  • Attack of the Friday Monsters

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    • Nate Heininger – @natestl
    • Laura Nash – @laurajnash
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