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Costume Quest

2010 78 / 100 Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS)

Costume Quest is a rollicking Adventure/Role-Playing game that unfolds on Halloween night across seemingly peaceful suburban neighborhoods, a mysterious village carnival, and a monster-infested shopping mall. Created by Double Fine's lead animator, Tasha Harris, the game follows the adventure of a group of young friends who must rid their neighborhood of monsters using only their wits, their bravery, and their home-made costumes. Players go door-to-door collecting candy, points, cards, battle stamps and quest assignments as they prepare themselves for Combat Mode — where they transform into larger-than-life versions of their costumes. Each costume that comes to life provides its own unique set of superpowers that players will need to battle Halloween's worst monsters.

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World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused GameplayRole-playing

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Story & context

It's Halloween Night in Auburn Pines and bickering twins Wren & Reynold are the new kids in town, ready for some fun, scares and candy! In the beginning cutscene, you must choose between one of the twins. The one you DO pick gets to wear the robot costume, while the one you DON'T pick ends up in a silly but rather convincing candy corn costume. When your brother/sister is kidnapped by monsters who have mistaken him/her for a giant, talking candy corn, it's up to you and the magic of Halloween to go on a rescue mission and save him/her from the monsters and their wicked Commander - Dorsilla the Witch.

GameplayCombat-focused GameplayRole-playing GenreAdventure GenreRole-playing (RPG) GenreTurn-based strategy (TBS) ThemeAction ThemeComedy ThemeFantasy ThemeKids Traitachievements Traitalternate costumes Traitarcade cabinet Traitauto-saving Traitavatar awards Traitbattle screen Traitbehind the waterfall Traitbetrayal Traitboss fight Traitbreaking the fourth wall Traitcameo appearance Traitcasual Traitcat Traitchristmas Traitcollectibles Traitcollecting Traitconga line party Traitcontext sensitive Traitdarkness Traitdescendants of other characters Traitdestructible environment Traitdigital distribution Traitdisorientation zone Traiteaster egg Traitfemale protagonist Traitgame jam Traitgame reference Traitgames advertising games Traitghosts Traithalloween Traitholiday themes Traithumble bundle Traitkidnapping Traitleveling up Traitloot gathering Traitmale protagonist Traitmegaphone Traitminigames Traitmissing relative Traitmulti-phase boss Traitmultiple enemy boss fights Traitmultiple protagonists Traitnon-player character Traitoverworld Traitparty-based combat Traitpick your gender Traitplaystation now Traitplaystation plus Traitplaystation trophies Traitplot twist Traitportals Traitpunctuation mark above head Traitrecurring boss Traitretail games with steam activation Traitrobots Traitrpg elements Traitsave point Traitself-referential humor Traitshape-shifting Traitside quests Traitsnow Traitspike video game awards 2010 Traitsquirrel Traitsteam Traitsteam achievements Traitsteam cloud Traitsteam trading cards Traitsubtitled silence Traittreasure chest Traitturn-based Traitunbeatable enemies Traitvaluable garbage Traitvampire Traitvideo game characters that play video games Traitwitches Traitworm Traitxbox controller support for pc Traityoung protagonist

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