# Kentucky Route 0 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 23, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-route-0/848388 "2020-02-23T06:15:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-route-0/848388/1 "2020-02-23T06:15:18Z")
An unconventional computer game. There is no action. There is a story of sorts, but the way it is told breaks all the expected narrative traditions. There are no puzzles, except that literally every single thing in the game is a metaphor or reference to something. For example, Act I, Scene I opens at Equus Oils. It was obvious enough that the main characters are named after mathematicians, but for some reason it took me the longest time to work out that 5 Dogwood Drive = Nirvana Recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-route-0/848388/2 "2020-02-23T10:00:18Z")
I bought this game on Steam _six years ago_, when there were only two acts out. If it’s finally finished now, I guess I’ll have to go back and start it over. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-route-0/848388/3 "2020-02-23T18:23:32Z")
I’d forgotten all about this, but I’d loved those games. Reminded me a lot of Twin Peaks. I’ll buy the fifth installment immediately. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-route-0/848388/4 "2020-02-24T00:48:52Z")
If you play the whole thing, don’t play more than an episode per day, otherwise it is too much, even though the game is theoretically not that long — the whole point is to think about it. Especially Act IV is worth playing a couple of times to see all the scenes. There is also a short interlude following each act. The pace is slow, and the game is haunting. I suppose I must have also thought about Twin Peaks, but it’s not like _Disco Elysium_ where the writers were obviously directly inspired by David Lynch (and other stuff, like RPGs). ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-route-0/848388/5 "2020-02-24T18:03:06Z")
I liked it but it’s more of an interactive story or work of art than a game.