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Tavern Talk is a tasty blend of Coffee Talk and Legends & Lattes
Eurogamer plays cosy fantasy barista game Tavern Talk for Steam Next Fest and came away with impressed with its blend of Coffee Talk and Legends & Lattes.
Coffee Talk, with its endearing fantasy characters and sumptuous soundtrack, remains the pinnacle of this growing genre for me, with Necrobarista coming a close second, thanks mostly to its striking bookshop setting and considered meditation on death and the afterlife (even if the time you spend as an actual barista is virtually non-existent). The Peak's Sunrise, for instance, has a half slice of lemon cresting the rim of the glass as it rises up from the purple liquid contained within, while the Sailor's Courage not only has a dimple mug with an actual six-pack of abs detailed on its side, but also a handle shaped like a burly bicep, and a ship's sail poking out the top like a piratical cocktail umbrella. It made me keen to see more of what Tavern Talk has to offer with its quests, as well as what fates might befall its intriguing cast of characters - which tantalisingly expands to include an exasperated dwarf and invisible cape-seeking vampire called 'Kyle' just before the demo comes to a close.
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