Contrary to all the suspicious vibes that it may give, Lake is really just about delivering the mail and getting to know the locals. As you learn more about them, you can spend time together after work and forge friendships, maybe even help out some odd jobs. Of course, if enjoying a nice book or movie at home is your thing, then that’s also possible.

Meredith is only in Providence Oaks for two weeks though so based on one’s decisions, they can either stay in the town or return to life in the city. Lake is noted to be optimized for PS5 with the launch trailer being in 4K/60 FPS. A physical version is also available courtesy of Perp Games and features the base game along with an A3 map of Providence Oaks.

The story focuses on Meredith Weiss who takes a break from the city to visit the town for two weeks. Taking over as the mail carrier for her father, she proceeds to deliver the mail and interacts with the locals. There are no cell phones or internet so your activities will include hanging out with friends, helping people, or just staying at home to read a book or watch a movie.

Eventually, the player must make a choice on staying or leaving (though there is no right or wrong result). Aside from the 60 FPS frame rate in the trailer, Lake’s PS5 optimization is yet to be detailed. Stay tuned for more information en route to its release this Friday.

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Along with delivering the mail, players can interact with all kinds of different characters, explore the environment, indulge in different musings based on Meredith’s past and much more. After work, it’s possible to hang out with people, stay at home and chill or reunite with long-time childhood friends. Based on one’s choices, the story will branch accordingly and offer unique outcomes though there are no right or wrong results.

Lake is currently out for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC but it will come to other platforms later. Stay tuned for more details on the same in the future.

To showcase how a typical day for Meredith would play out, a new gameplay walkthrough has been released with director Dylan Nagel providing additional details. We learn more about the radio man, who’s seemingly less nice in person, and Meredith’s musings which involve commenting on her surroundings. While you can just go about delivering the mail on schedule, the player can also stop in the middle of a forest and converse with the nearest lumberjack.

Depending on Meredith’s decisions, the story will branch accordingly and eventually, she’ll have to decide whether to stay in Providence Oaks or return to the city. Though there aren’t supposed to be any right or wrong choices, we’ll see how this all plays out when Lake releases on September 1st.

Lake takes place in Providence Oaks, Oregon where protagonist Meredith Weiss is filling in for her father to deliver mail to the townsfolk. For the next two weeks, Meredith will interact with various people, including her best friend Kay, and maybe even find love (though it’s implied that other events are afoot). Eventually, she’ll have to decide whether to return to her software job in the city or stay in Providence Oaks.

Along with delivering the mail, players can also partake in a number of activities after work, whether it’s hanging out or helping the neighbors. The branching narrative promises no right or wrong answers, though it remains to be seen where things can go based on one’s choices. Stay tuned for more details on Lake in the coming weeks.

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