Bramble: The Mountain King Review (PC) - Gaming with Joy

PLAY IT OR SKIP IT? Play it! Bramble: The Mountain King is by far one of the best titles I’ve played this year. It uses beautiful visuals to bring Nordic folklore’s magical and sinister elements to life. Admittedly, I don’t know much about Nordic fables, but hopping into Bramble felt like jumping into a very dark story written by the Brothers Grimm. Whether I was befriending gnomes, dodging zombies, or chasing a child-murdering witch, the narrative made me feel like a child being read to and constantly wondering at what might happen next.

Bramble: The Mountain King is a very atmospheric adventure game with some platforming, puzzle and action elements here and there set in a grim fantasy world inspired by Nordic folklore. You play as Olle, a young boy who embarks on a great, but dangerous adventure through the beautiful and sometimes unsettling environments of this world to rescue his sister from the clutches of fairytale monsters. It's really about the journey in this game, all the different scenarios you come across are very memorable, but sometimes really unsettling and scary. Eventhough I didn't like all the chapters equally, because some were more like horror scenarios than fantasy scenarios, I was never bored and I was captivated by this game the whole way through.