{"id":970852,"date":"2026-01-04T09:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T09:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w4R5YpN5ZgF6po2UDQ69Pd"},"modified":"2026-01-04T09:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T09:48:18","slug":"there-are-weird-games-and-then-theres-judero-a-delectably-scottish-adventure-made-out-of-action-figures-and-harryhausenesque-claymation-where-you-fight-faeries-lizards-and-englishmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/there-are-weird-games-and-then-theres-judero-a-delectably-scottish-adventure-made-out-of-action-figures-and-harryhausenesque-claymation-where-you-fight-faeries-lizards-and-englishmen\/","title":{"rendered":"There are weird games, and then there&#8217;s Judero: a delectably Scottish adventure made out of action figures and Harryhausenesque claymation where you fight faeries, lizards, and Englishmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>I already dug the demo for <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1960900\/Judero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judero<\/a>, a new action adventure game from developer duo Talah Kaya and Jack King-Spooner, but the full game is managing to surpass my expectations: Judero is <em>weird<\/em>, and it is well-worth your time.<\/p>\n<p>The art style is the immediate hook, making use of modified action figures and handcrafted clay models digitized into sprites, a distinctly &#8217;90s sort of rendering reminiscent of Doom or Fallout 1&#8217;s Talking Heads. The cutscenes, meanwhile, are full-on stop motion animation, with Spooner&#8217;s unsettling clay sculptures reminding me of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pF_Fi7x93PY&#038;ab_channel=JoeGiardino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ray Harryhausen<\/a> or <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iPScwQ-FAbI&#038;ab_channel=IGNMovieTrailers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phil Tippett<\/a>&#8216;s work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jU-NXnwQSZw\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m maybe two thirds of the way through Judero, and my favorite thing has to be how it keeps surprising me. Stepping into a house in one of the game&#8217;s villages changes the art style to psychedelic watercolors, while the residents offer unnerving, anachronistic ruminations on life, love, and living in a dying world. Opening a portal early on in the game sent me to a classic Sonic-style bonus stage, while another, identical gate later on sent me to a formless void with a single coin to tide me over during the minute-long &#8220;bonus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Judero himself is some kind of warrior-druid straight from the mists of primeval Caledonia, but in addition to faeries, lizardmen, and &#8220;haggis&#8221; (porcine worm creatures), he also has to contend with early modern Englishmen, roly poly gents in garish renaissance hose who shout &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlisle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlisle<\/a>!&#8221; over and over as if they were Cumbrian Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m not as in love with the action, it&#8217;s a suitable delivery method for what I am here for, an effective bread for the more savory atmosphere and exploration. I haven&#8217;t even gotten to the music, a blend of guitar-forward folk and cheeky funk that calls to mind a lost era of &#8217;70s British psychedelia. Stay tuned for our full review of Judero, but take this story as an early tip-off that it&#8217;s well worth the $18 ($16 on sale until September 23).<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery inline-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1280px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:62.50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"y7Hu3FLjCzQBYwh2GYubaf\" name=\"judero\" alt=\"Judero stands on a silty bridge over a river with a castle in the background\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/there-are-weird-games-and-then-theres-judero-a-delectably-scottish-adventure-made-out-of-action-figures-and-harryhausenesque-claymation-where-you-fight-faeries-lizards-and-englishmen.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Talha and Jack Co.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1278px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.18%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"jtYjJJjyLb8vsza3JBP4dk\" name=\"men from carlisle\" alt=\"A caricature Englishman from Carlisle in Judero under text reading \"Men from Carlisle\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/there-are-weird-games-and-then-theres-judero-a-delectably-scottish-adventure-made-out-of-action-figures-and-harryhausenesque-claymation-where-you-fight-faeries-lizards-and-englishmen-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1278\" height=\"718\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Talha and Jack Co.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 3 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1280px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:62.50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"hRs646ifjwac8UeAENCqm\" name=\"drummer\" alt=\"A woman called \"Drummer\" ponders the end of the world and a genocide of the poor by the year 2050 in Judero\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/there-are-weird-games-and-then-theres-judero-a-delectably-scottish-adventure-made-out-of-action-figures-and-harryhausenesque-claymation-where-you-fight-faeries-lizards-and-englishmen-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Talha and Jack Co.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/there-are-weird-games-and-then-there-s-judero-a-delectably-scottish-adventure-made-out-of-action-figures-and-harryhausenesque-claymation-where-you-fight-faeries-lizards-and-englishmen\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I already dug the demo for Judero, a new action adventure game from developer duo Talah Kaya and Jack King-Spooner, but the full game is managing to surpass my expectations: Judero is weird, and it is well-worth your time. The art style is the immediate hook, making use of modified action figures and handcrafted clay models digitized into sprites, a distinctly &#8217;90s sort of rendering reminiscent of Doom or Fallout 1&#8217;s Talking Heads. The cutscenes, meanwhile, are full-on stop motion animation, with Spooner&#8217;s unsettling clay sculptures reminding me of Ray Harryhausen or Phil Tippett&#8216;s work. I&#8217;m maybe two thirds of the way through Judero, and my favorite thing has to be how it keeps surprising me. 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