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At the bar, Junebug and Johnny sing [[Too Late to Love You|a song]] as the roof of the bar seemingly disappears to reveal the full moon overhead. After the show, the group talks with [[Harry Esperanza|Harry]] who admits he can't pay, as he was left with nothing but an I.O.U. from the [[Hard Times Distillery]] after he traded his customers' debt for whiskey and the events in ''[[The Entertainment]]''. He suggests they head to the distillery to claim their payment, but that they must take the {{ZeroLink}} to get there. As Junebug and Johnny decide to accompany the trio, Harry gives them directions based on following radio signals, and they set out. The group drives until they see a team of horses standing in the middle of the darkened highway, and immediately appear on the {{Zero}}. | At the bar, Junebug and Johnny sing [[Too Late to Love You|a song]] as the roof of the bar seemingly disappears to reveal the full moon overhead. After the show, the group talks with [[Harry Esperanza|Harry]] who admits he can't pay, as he was left with nothing but an I.O.U. from the [[Hard Times Distillery]] after he traded his customers' debt for whiskey and the events in ''[[The Entertainment]]''. He suggests they head to the distillery to claim their payment, but that they must take the {{ZeroLink}} to get there. As Junebug and Johnny decide to accompany the trio, Harry gives them directions based on following radio signals, and they set out. The group drives until they see a team of horses standing in the middle of the darkened highway, and immediately appear on the {{Zero}}. | ||
[[File:Too Late to Love You.png|thumb|left|'' | [[File:Too Late to Love You.png|thumb|left|''Another love came by, and stole my heart away. I wish that I could take it back, but it's too late.'']] | ||
The group soon comes across a large chamber dominated by a rock spire, known as the [[Hall of the Mountain King]]. There they find broken, vintage computers in large piles surrounding a tall, burning fire of discarded electronics. They come across an old man named [[Donald]] who is fixated on a grand project – his life's work – named [[XANADU]], involving a computer growing black mold and an artificial intelligence simulation of his life's missed opportunities from long ago. He claims Lula and Joseph helped design XANADU and, while Lula left long ago, there may be a way to use it to find her. However, Donald says a group of people who he calls "the Strangers" repeatedly sabotaged the computer, leaving its text garbled and unable to be read. The group decides to locate the strangers so they may fix XANADU and find Lula. | The group soon comes across a large chamber dominated by a rock spire, known as the [[Hall of the Mountain King]]. There they find broken, vintage computers in large piles surrounding a tall, burning fire of discarded electronics. They come across an old man named [[Donald]] who is fixated on a grand project – his life's work – named [[XANADU]], involving a computer growing black mold and an artificial intelligence simulation of his life's missed opportunities from long ago. He claims Lula and Joseph helped design XANADU and, while Lula left long ago, there may be a way to use it to find her. However, Donald says a group of people who he calls "the Strangers" repeatedly sabotaged the computer, leaving its text garbled and unable to be read. The group decides to locate the strangers so they may fix XANADU and find Lula. | ||
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== Soundtrack == | == Soundtrack == | ||
{{main|Music}} | {{main|Music}} | ||
The game's ambient soundtrack features music by [[Ben Babbitt]] with bluegrass tracks performed by [[The Bedquilt Ramblers]]. | |||
== Development == | == Development == | ||
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''Kentucky Route Zero'' has been well-received by critics. It won the award for Excellence in Visual Art at the [[wikipedia:Independent Games Festival|Independent Games Festival]] in 2013, and was named game of the year by ''[[wikipedia:Rock, Paper, Shotgun|Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]'' the same year. In 2015, ''Kentucky Route Zero'''s Act III won Best Narrative at the [[wikipedia:Game Developers Choice Awards|Game Developers Choice Awards]]. | ''Kentucky Route Zero'' has been well-received by critics. It won the award for Excellence in Visual Art at the [[wikipedia:Independent Games Festival|Independent Games Festival]] in 2013, and was named game of the year by ''[[wikipedia:Rock, Paper, Shotgun|Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]'' the same year. In 2015, ''Kentucky Route Zero'''s Act III won Best Narrative at the [[wikipedia:Game Developers Choice Awards|Game Developers Choice Awards]]. | ||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:KrzAct1.jpg|Act I poster | |||
File:KrzAct2.jpg|Act II poster | |||
File:KrzAct3.jpg|Act III poster | |||
File:Krz-act4-full.jpg|Act IV poster | |||
File:Act V poster.png|Act V poster | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Games]] | [[Category:Games]] | ||
[[Category:Real world]] | [[Category:Real world]] | ||