Gameranx: "Castles in the Sky by The Tall Trees is a bedtime story. This is my experience with it."
We must remember that great children’s books keep the reader guessing or, at the very least, offer an abundance of things to look at. Castles in the Sky does neither. It’s more of an opiate for adult gamers.
"Pete and Frank are back and at it once again to talk games, games, and a little life. Joining them this week is a very special mystery guest, who is certain he can be taken and seized and ride that seizure all the way to the top. He also plays DOTA, which the guys talk a bit more about. Pete brings ‘Dungeons Dashers’ and ‘Castles in the Sky’ in for discussion and Frank talks about ‘War of the Roses’, ‘Lose Lose’ from Zach Gage, and passively mentions Whale Trail. The guys then talk news and have a heated Rando discussion which sparks some debate between Pete and our very special guest."
GamerZines writes:
When it comes to gaming, what does $1.50 actually get you? One map in a Call of Duty map pack, perhaps? How about a weapon skin in Guild Wars 2? The point is $1.50 is frankly chump change in these times of DLC and micro-transactions, but what if I told you there is a new release out there which totally flips that value paradigm on its head? I’m talking about a new piece of interactive entertainment from small indie start-up Tall Tree Games.
Their debut endeavour Castles in The Sky offers up the tale of a young boy ascending into the upper atmosphere, using clouds as literal stepping stones. As you vault this happy chappy further and further into the cosmos, by holding down the left mouse button and pointing the cursor, short poetic lines appear in the blue backdrop describing accepted truths of the world as the sun falls from the sky.
