{"id":3742,"date":"2025-11-28T20:14:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T20:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/?p=3742"},"modified":"2025-11-28T20:53:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T20:53:17","slug":"fran-bow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/2025\/11\/28\/fran-bow\/","title":{"rendered":"Fran Bow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5fb07882 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1\">Genres: Adventure game, Indie game, Puzzle Video Game, Adventure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2\">Platforms: Android, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3\">Game play time : 8 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4\">Goal: To find &#8216;Mr Midnight&#8217; Players cat and to escape the asylum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shared.fastly.steamstatic.com\/store_item_assets\/steam\/apps\/362680\/capsule_616x353.jpg?t=1693287362\" alt=\"Fran Bow on Steam\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Fran Bow - Now On Consoles! Official Trailer (2023)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dcEddK13uYQ?start=10&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">What did I like about this game?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5fb07882 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQRu5GC0QNXib9DCWj-TberrSEGq6rwF1yk-vvOImqZb6EphqACb-RYMHcRhY-O_FzqBwF6&amp;s=10\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 2d art style<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interesting twists and storyline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leaves the player guessing whether what sees Fran see is real or not<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The psychological horror element <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How they convey the story of Fran bow in the beginning with silhouettes <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">Why did I pick this game?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I decided to pick this game because I remember watching a lot of gameplay and found the art \/ storyline very interesting. Additionally,  the psychological element in the game makes you question if everything Fran Bow sees is real or if its just her hallucinating. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\">How does it link to my game ideas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 2D art is something I wanted to do with one of my game ideas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The other worldly creatures is similar to the spirits I&#8217;ve been researching.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It includes many supernatural elements that I also wanted to include in my game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\">Key mechanics :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Point &amp; Click\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Combine and investigate clues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collect items<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dialogue choices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\">Story summary : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You play as Fran Bow, a girl who is stuck in a mental asylum struggling with trauma and psychosis. She sees spirits and the supernatural beings, her goal is to escape the mental asylum and find her cat &#8216;Mr Midnight&#8217; along with what happened that night with the death of her parents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Fran takes the red pill from the mental asylum to see the other world and escape the ward, after escaping she visits many different realities all while being chased by a demon (Remor : The prince of darkness)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/2025\/11\/25\/games\/\">game reviews \u2013 Riya Limbu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What did I like about this game? Why did I pick this game? 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