The Night of the Rabbit is a fairy tale: whimsical, wondrous, brimming with talking animals, hidden dangers, and a hundred reasons to lose a few hours to its depths. A point-and-click adventure very much in the spirit of those old Sierra games, The Night of the Rabbit puts you in control of 12-year old Jeremiah Hazelnut who somehow finds himself apprenticed to a talking rabbit named Marquis de Hotto in the last days of summer and on route towards the adventure of a lifetime.
One thing The Night of the Rabbit has going for it is an excess of charm. Hand-drawn, well-detailed graphics and judicious usage of soft filters give the impression that developer Daedalic Entertainment plucked this one right out of a children's book. The music is competent but not overwhelming, and the voice acting is spot-on. Neither melodramatic nor bland, and ever-so-delicately dusted with English accents, the whole affair is gorgeously reminiscent of a high-definition version of Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows.
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