A Painter's Tale: Curon, 1950
“A Painter's Tale” is an adventure game that tells the story of the tiny Südtirol village of Curon Venosta by mixing reality and fiction. The old Curon was flooded by the waters of Lake Reschen in 1950 due to…
A Painter's Tale: Curon, 1950 is an adventure developed by Monkeys Tales Studio, released 29 January 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What A Painter's Tale: Curon, 1950 is
A Painter's Tale: Curon, 1950 is an adventure game developed by Monkeys Tales Studio and released in 2021. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
“A Painter's Tale: Curon, 1950” is a story about love and resistance, an adventure game about historical memory. The bell tower that comes out of the lake is the last memento of the old village of Curon, flooded by the waters of Lake Reschen in 1950 due to the construction of a dam, despite the protest of the citizens. The plans for the dam started during the Fascist era, opposing the interests of a big industrial group to the wellbeing of the villagers, who were forced to leave their homes and pastures.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are educational, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
A Painter's Tale: Curon, 1950 launched on 29 January 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and The Medium. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, The Medium.
Official trailer
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