NEWS - Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Albert & Otto Now Available on Xbox One
Albert & Otto is a puzzle platformer that is mechanically quite simple: run, jump, shoot, solve puzzles, burn sheep (more on that later), but has a complex and deep underlying story. It takes a lot of inspiration from films such as “Schindler’s List” and some of Tim Burton’s early black and white animated shorts. Oh, and did we forget to mention that it is now available for the Xbox One? Well it is.
Set in Nazi Germany, Albert & Otto deals with rather dark subject matter as you can imagine. The dev team tried to offset that by adding funny moments into the game, such as when you throw a sheep around and use it as wolf bait or use it to set things on fire (some would argue that this had quite the opposite effect).
Players must use both Albert and his magical bunny Otto in creative ways to solve puzzles and defeat scary monsters with the goal of finding his abducted sister, Anna, and discovering that not all is as it first seems. When the game begins the player can only jump and shoot, but this all changes when you find Otto who grants the player the ability to double jump and levitate objects. Furthermore, players can throw Otto into tight gaps and activate power switches to access previously unreachable areas.
You can check out a quick trailer for the game below:
Source: Xbox News Wire/YouTube
