Matt Kamen 

The Night of the Rabbit – review

The Night of the Rabbit is an engrossing dimension-hopping quest, writes Matt Kamen
  
  

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The Night of the Rabbit: 'a beautiful game'. Photograph: PR

With two days left of his summer holidays, imaginative Jeremiah Hazelnut dreams of magical powers and fanciful adventures, while exploring the strange woods near his home. When a mysterious letter instructs him to perform a spell, a talking anthropomorphic rabbit named the Marquis is summoned and Jerry is swept up in a dimension-hopping quest. It's not all twee, childhood whimsy though. As the story progresses, an unsettling darkness falls across the themes being explored, adding a level of narrative maturity players might not expect. An assortment of mini-games bolsters the engrossing main story and the fully voiced cast delight. Slightly jerky animation is the only downside of this otherwise beautiful game. A highlight of the point-and-click scene.

 

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