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10. Costume Quest

I'm sure that many of us have fond memories of trick-or-treating when we were kids. What I really loved about it was the element of surprise. What kind of decorations would be on display? Was the person on the other side of the door (unless they were already outside) going to be in costume and as what? What were they handing out? My absolute favorite kind of treat to receive was a mystery bag full of stuff.

These days, you are asked to put treats in a clear bag for safety reasons if you do go that route, but back then, it wasn't frowned upon if you didn't put the treats in a see-through container. At the end of the night, I would pour my bag out onto the carpet and open those bags last. I did not care if it was full of raisins and stickers. I just liked the discovery. It was the same deal with Christmas. Sure, eating candy was great, but that's not something that you tend to remember as the years go by. It is the venture into the unknown that has stuck with me.

DoubleFine's charming and perfectly-paced game Costume Quest brings back all those nostalgic memories and allows me to experience those memories once more. You play as one of two siblings on trick-or-treat night. While there's an overarching plot that takes you to several locations, all of them involved you going door-to-door in hopes of scoring candy. The small window of time between knocking on a door and the reveal of whether the otherside is a human giving out candy or a monster that will battle you is one of the most emotionally-fulfilling moments in a game (having the perfectly tense musical cue certainly helps).
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