The first reviews of Harold Halibut appeared online on April 15 - a day before the game's release. The small studio Slow Bros. is responsible for this sci-fi adventure, which they worked on for over ten years.

At the time of writing, the average Metacritic rating for Harold Halibut was 73 out of 100, based on 18 reviews. Reviewers appreciated the game's key features - the handcrafted environments, character models, and the frame-by-frame animation. According to journalists, each environmental element is highly detailed because it represents a digitized version of an existing real-world counterpart.

However, the reviewers reported issues with the game's physics and the main character's movements, which often appear unnatural. This includes how clumsily he climbs stairs and runs.

As for the game's story and lore, journalists liked the quality of the dialogues and well-developed characters, including the secondary ones. Each character feels like a fully realized personality. Among the drawbacks, reviewers noted the slow pace of the narrative, the lack of truly memorable events, and backtracking, as most of the gameplay involves walking from one NPC to another and interacting with them.

Nevertheless, journalists concluded that despite its flaws, Harold Halibut is an adventure with a soul that should appeal to all fans of science fiction and unique visuals.

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