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Gish

2004 76 / 100 Adventure Arcade Indie
Gish isn't your average hero. In fact, he's not your average anything...you see, Gish is a ball of tar. A Sunday stroll with his lady friend, Brea, goes awry when a shadowy figure emerges from an open manhole and pulls Brea below ground. Following Brea's calls for help, Gish suddenly finds himself in the subterranean sewers of Dross, a long forgotten city filled with twisting corridors, evil traps, and some of the mo Show full summary

Gish isn't your average hero. In fact, he's not your average anything...you see, Gish is a ball of tar. A Sunday stroll with his lady friend, Brea, goes awry when a shadowy figure emerges from an open manhole and pulls Brea below ground. Following Brea's calls for help, Gish suddenly finds himself in the subterranean sewers of Dross, a long forgotten city filled with twisting corridors, evil traps, and some of the most demented creatures imaginable. With his gelatinous structure as his only means of defense, Gish must follow the echoing cries of his damsel in distress deep within the earth below. What freakish creatures dwell in this subterranean land? Who is Brea's captor? And just how far down does the rabbit hole go? Life isn't easy when you're a 12 pound ball of tar...

World design Nicht eindeutig ExperienceChoices Game feelChallenging GameplayPuzzles Game modeMultiplayer

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Gish isn't your average hero. In fact, he's not your average anything...you see, Gish is a ball of tar. A Sunday stroll with his lady friend, Brea, goes awry when a shadowy figure emerges from an open manhole and pulls Brea below ground. Following Brea's calls for help, Gish suddenly finds himself in the subterranean sewers of Dross, a long forgotten city filled with twisting corridors, evil traps, and some of the most demented creatures imaginable. With his gelatinous structure as his only means of defense, Gish must follow the echoing cries of his damsel in distress deep within the earth below. What freakish creatures dwell in this subterranean land? Who is Brea's captor? And just how far down does the rabbit hole go? Life isn't easy when you're a 12 pound ball of tar...

ExperienceChoices Game feelChallenging GameplayPuzzles Game modeMultiplayer GenreAdventure GenreArcade GenreIndie ThemeAction ThemeComedy ThemeScience fiction
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Studio & publishing

Developer
Edmund McMillen, Cryptic Sea
Publisher
Chronic Logic
Franchise
Standalone
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Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action, Comedy, Science fiction
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PC (Microsoft Windows) May 10, 2004
  • Mac May 10, 2004
  • Mac Jan 29, 2005
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Jan 29, 2005
  • Linux Jun 29, 2005
  • Linux Sep 16, 2004

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