Costume Quest: The Halloween RPG

Earlier this month we celebrated the 19th anniversary of Double Fine's Brutal Legend with a retrospective article. For Halloween, I wanted to talk about another of my favorite Double Fine games. And, appropriately, this one is Halloween-themed!Costume Quest was released for Windows on October 14th, 2011. That feels like another lifetime. Wild.RPGs really aren't my thing. It's with with rare exception that I get enjoyment from that genre of game. Yet, at the time and even to this day, I find the gameplay to be quite fun and engaging. It features that distinctive Double Fine art style, wonderful storytelling, and a fun upgrade mechanic.ExplorationThe game feels a bit like an adventure game while also implementing Role Playing Game elements.While exploring you can find candy – which is used to barter with NPCs, costume parts – which can be used to alter your appearance, and hints towards finding your sibling's location.In the "overworld" there are also monsters that will engage you and…