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Graphic novels trying to survive the videogame: Where the Water Tastes Like Wine by therealflaws

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Graphic novels trying to survive the videogame: Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
> English version below

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<center><sup>[Where the Water Tastes Like Wine | Programas descargables Nintendo](https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Programas-descargables-Nintendo-Switch/Where-the-Water-Tastes-Like-Wine-1683974.html)</sup></center>

Las aventuras graficas son un terreno bastante inexplorado cuando nos adentramos en los videojuegos modernos, a medida se toman como experiencias limitadas sin algún rastro de jugabilidad deseable pero más recientemente las he podido percibir como un método más limpio y sin distracciones para contar historias meditativas y en muchos casos lentas, en donde la jugabilidad puede más que enriquecer la experiencia, entorpecer la historia que se cuenta, por supuesto este no es un ángulo optimo cuando hablamos de los videojuegos pero es uno que después de tanto tiempo jugando se agradecen. Videojuegos como Where the Water Taste Like Wine son un mar de posibilidades para las historias fascinantes que dependen exclusivamente de un guion y del perfomance de sus actores, y vaya que no me ha decepcionado al menos como experiencia audiovisual. 


> ### Mirar al abismo y saltar, las novelas graficas tratando de sobrevivir al videojuego

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Para hacer corto este post, diré que este videojuego esta lo más apegado a una aventura gráfica de décadas atrás como se puede. Una jugabilidad limitada que en el ámbito jugable solo nos deja un sistema de exploración algo desfasado, pero en el ámbito narrativo te clava al instante un poco más de 200 historias sobre el oeste norteamericano con un desarrollo óptimo de cada uno de sus protagonistas, una novela gráfica en todo su esplendor que se agarra de su estética, su guion y su ambientación para hacernos caminar por el desierto, a ritmo lento sí, pero con una aventura que si se tiene paciencia puede ser una de esas pocas experiencias verdaderamente diferentes que encuentres en el medio. 

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https://allgamersin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Where-the-Water-Tastes-Like-Wine.jpg
<center><sup>[Where the Water Tastes Like Wine llegará a consolas próximamente](https://allgamersin.com/where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-llegara-consolas-proximamente/)</sup></center>

El periodo es la gran depresión de los años 20s, y aunque el juego pudiese explorar las experiencias individuales de estos años lo que realmente quiere es sorprender, por lo que somos un vagabundo sin rumbo que después de perder una partida de póker contra algunas de las personas más peligrosas del país debemos escapar y buscar historias con las que podamos saldar nuestra deuda, un viaje improbable por la América de aquellos años en donde las leyendas abundan y los medios de información son muy pocos, el mundo es uno lleno de surrealismo que se deja ver gracias a un espectacular arte visual, limitado por la naturaleza del videojuego retro, pero que aporta de manera genuina a la historia, las historias se ven representadas por unas cartas de tarot y en ellas podemos ver tópicos muy variados como la venganza, el amor o la melancolía, todos detrás de un cast envidiable que hace icónica cada historia que nos cuenten. 

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https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jfwdBwmTg2o/maxresdefault.jpg
<center><sup>[Little Ben's Tale "The Mouth of the Devil" in Where the Water Tastes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfwdBwmTg2o)</sup></center>

Cada uno de los personajes, situaciones o elementos que se nos presentan en cada una de estas historias nos acompaña y se interconecta con otras que jugamos más adelante, la esencia de este mundo del viejo oeste es que podemos ver similitudes que atraen a pensar en esa cultura folk norteamericana de principios de siglo en donde cada cultura tenía sus propios sellos y todos los habitantes tenían esa especie de cultura compartida, de la misma forma el argumento de Where the Water Taste Like Wine toma forma, una serie de relatos casi legendarios que van tomando forma a cada paso y a cada nueva persona conozcamos, tiene un ritmo que repelerá enseguida a la mayoría de la audiencia, pero aquellos que tengan la paciencia suficiente verán el camino iluminado por los vagabundos, posiblemente los personajes más interesantes de todo el juego. 

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https://gamek.mediacdn.vn/133514250583805952/2020/9/10/photo-1-1599732699189315540708.jpg
<center><sup>[Where The Water Tastes Like Wine: Cuối tuần giải trí với 2 game](https://gamek.vn/where-the-water-tastes-like-wine.htm)</sup></center>

La trama avanza con un peculiar sistema de progreso en donde un ojo se abriendo de a poco cada vez que nos encontremos con alguno de estos extraños. Al principio nos será difícil arrebatarles algo de información pero a medida que nos los encontremos más frecuentemente ganaremos su confianza y con ello nuevos capítulos de sus vidas y por ende más monedas, no es lo más sofisticado que se pueda pedir en una novela gráfica pero se sobre entiende que hay un proceso de gamificacion del que el juego tiene que formar parte. 

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https://miro.medium.com/max/2560/1*fKRCi0AOi3YMlem5KJQ_RA.jpeg
<center><sup>[Encountering the Wanderer in Where the Water Tastes Like Wine](https://videoda.me/encountering-the-wanderer-in-where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-a21f06307fde?gi=c1db60fd5a92)</sup></center>

La jugabilidad, como a menudo pasa con muchos de estos títulos que sacrifican la faceta jugable para ponerle mas empeño a la puesta en escena o a los diálogos, no es la mejor, de hecho, si alguna vez llego a entrar en un videojuego similar no creo que avance demasiado, Where the Water Taste Like Wine es uno de esos títulos difíciles que pasan por el mercado sin pena ni gloria, pero que pienso muchos jugadores deberían darle una oportunidad a esta faceta, mucho más calmada y lenta de los videojuegos, al menos alguna vez hay que cambiar de aires aunque sea un poco..

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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a85fa769f07f5cd202b8586/1585837030448-7OOACTWXI4A3NP87ZS9V/Where+the+Water+Tastes+Like+Wine+-+Crane.jpg
<center><sup>[Whistling the Vagrant Song: A Review of Where the Water Tastes](https://www.brokenhandsmedia.com/blog/2020/4/2/whistling-the-vagrant-song-a-review-of-where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-odd-columns-1)</sup></center>

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# English version 


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<center><sup>[Where the Water Tastes Like Wine | Nintendo Downloadable Software](https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Programas-descargables-Nintendo-Switch/Where-the-Water-Tastes-Like-Wine-1683974.html)</sup></center>

Adventure games are a fairly unexplored terrain when we get into modern video games, at first they are taken as limited experiences without any trace of desirable gameplay but more recently I have been able to perceive them as a cleaner and undistracted method of meditative and in many cases slow storytelling, where gameplay can more than enrich the experience, hinder the story being told, of course this is not an optimal angle when talking about video games but it is one that after so much time playing they are appreciated. Video games like Where the Water Taste Like Wine are a sea of possibilities for fascinating stories that depend exclusively on a script and the performance of its actors, and I have not been disappointed at least as an audiovisual experience. 


> ### Stare into the abyss and jump, graphic novels trying to survive the video game.

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To make this post short, I'll say that this video game is as close to a decades old adventure game as you can get. A limited gameplay that in the playable field only leaves us a somewhat outdated exploration system, but in the narrative field instantly nails you a little more than 200 stories about the American West with an optimal development of each of its protagonists, a graphic novel in all its splendor that grabs its aesthetics, its script and its setting to make us walk through the desert, at a slow pace yes, but with an adventure that if you have patience can be one of those few truly different experiences you find in the middle. 

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https://allgamersin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Where-the-Water-Tastes-Like-Wine.jpg
<center><sup>[Where the Water Tastes Like Wine will be coming to consoles soon](https://allgamersin.com/where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-llegara-consolas-proximamente/)</sup></center>

The period is the great depression of the 20s, and although the game could explore the individual experiences of these years what it really wants is to surprise, so we are an aimless drifter who after losing a poker game against some of the most dangerous people in the country we must escape and search for stories with which we can settle our debt, an improbable journey through the America of those years where legends abound and the means of information are very few, the world is one full of surrealism that can be seen thanks to a spectacular visual art, limited by the nature of the retro video game, but that genuinely contributes to the story, the stories are represented by tarot cards and in them we can see varied topics such as revenge, love or melancholy, all behind an enviable cast that makes iconic each story that we tell. 

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https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jfwdBwmTg2o/maxresdefault.jpg
<center><sup>[Little Ben's Tale "The Mouth of the Devil" in Where the Water Tastes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfwdBwmTg2o)</sup></center>

Each of the characters, situations or elements that are presented to us in each of these stories accompanies us and interconnects with others that we play later, the essence of this world of the old west is that we can see similarities that attract us to think of that North American folk culture of the beginning of the century where each culture had its own hallmarks and all the inhabitants had that kind of shared culture, in the same way the plot of Where the Water Taste Like Wine takes shape, a series of almost legendary tales that take shape at every step and every new person we meet, it has a pace that will repel most of the audience right away, but those who are patient enough will see the path illuminated by the wanderers, possibly the most interesting characters in the whole game. 

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https://gamek.mediacdn.vn/133514250583805952/2020/9/10/photo-1-1599732699189315540708.jpg
<center><sup>[Where The Water Tastes Like Wine: Cuối tuần giải trí với 2 game](https://gamek.vn/where-the-water-tastes-like-wine.htm)</sup></center>

The plot progresses with a peculiar progress system where one eye opens little by little each time we encounter one of these strangers. At first it will be difficult to snatch some information from them but as we meet them more frequently we will gain their trust and with it new chapters of their lives and therefore more coins, it is not the most sophisticated thing you can ask for in a graphic novel but it is understood that there is a gamification process that the game has to be part of. 

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https://miro.medium.com/max/2560/1*fKRCi0AOi3YMlem5KJQ_RA.jpeg
<center><sup>[Encountering the Wanderer in Where the Water Tastes Like Wine](https://videoda.me/encountering-the-wanderer-in-where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-a21f06307fde?gi=c1db60fd5a92)</sup></center>

The gameplay, as often happens with many of these titles that sacrifice the playable facet to put more effort to the staging or dialogue, is not the best, in fact, if I ever get to get into a similar game I do not think I advance too much, Where the Water Taste Like Wine is one of those difficult titles that pass through the market without shame or glory, but I think many players should give a chance to this facet, much calmer and slower video games, at least sometime you have to change of scenery even a little.

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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a85fa769f07f5cd202b8586/1585837030448-7OOACTWXI4A3NP87ZS9V/Where+the+Water+Tastes+Like+Wine+-+Crane.jpg
<center><sup>[Whistling the Vagrant Song: A Review of Where the Water Tastes](https://www.brokenhandsmedia.com/blog/2020/4/2/whistling-the-vagrant-song-a-review-of-where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-odd-columns-1)</sup></center>





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