Not all the way through watching yet but it's freaking cool. The layout is really unique. That shot between the left orbit shot and the Key Hole shot is really a clever design by Balcer. Two very interesting shots through the pop bumpers!

Kudos to the composer. The Houdini music is phreaking phenomenal. Good use of music and callouts to build tension and excitement.

This game sets the bar pretty high going into 2018 for the TWIPY game of the year consideration.

I thought the animations were lacking but on a really, really good stream they look great. The detail is pretty good. You may just have to wait and see in person to make a final judgement.

The voice acting is outstanding. The voice actor studied what little recordings of Houdini exists. Have you ever heard a recording from that era? That’s how entertainers and actors sounded back then on the radio.

Epic review. I loved the magic geek-fest in the middle. I had to laugh because I'm a total magic geek. However, being a magic geek, it took me a while to warm up to Houdini. I didn't like the art, animation, layout at first. But as more of the game was revealed and the images/videos showed more of the detail I really started to get hooked.

I'll say it... I like the Houdini music as much as TNA (maybe more!) That's not a knock on TNA's sound track. I love what Scott did. But the first two minutes of music on Zach's Jan 21st stream is phenomenal. Well orchestrated and intense. Can't wait to hear the whole thing.

Great job on the video. I create lots of video for work and it takes a long time to edit a 2+ hour video. I can easily spend 4 hours on a 15 minute video and it still looks unprofessional!

The good news is that each video gets better.

The main theme reminds me of early Playstation extreme sports games (snowboarding, ATV, etc). Of course, I like hard driving guitar riffs, progressive rock flair and even a little polka music so it's a match for me.

The composer, Matt Kern, has a very impressive portfolio of music for video games and slot machines. You may not like every theme in the game but this guy is a great composer. I think he's done a great job mashing up the Oktoberfest theme with a rocking soundtrack. The music for Houdini, which Matt also did, is amazing. I didn't really appreciate it fully until I started cranking it up at home. I really, really like what I'm hearing so far from Oktoberfest.

http://mattkern.com