Well, Double Fine’s done it: They’ve made a game focused on the concept of trick-or-treating and managed to land on the right side of “gimmick.” Costume Quest is, plain and simple, a fantastic embodiment of childhood imagination mixed with a healthy heap of cockiness. It’s like that classic schoolyard rhyme: “Trick or treat. Smell my feet. Give me something good to eat.” Elegant, succinct, and full of bravado.
The entire game takes place on the night of Halloween, and twins Wren and Reynold find themselves on an unexpected journey to stop a task force of monsters that are trying to steal every piece of candy in the neighborhood. Oh, and you also have to rescue whichever sibling you didn’t choose to play as in the starting moments of the game (you know, to avoid being grounded).
