Gone Home

I'm not going to say much in regards to the ostensible heartfelt teenage love story going on in this "game". I'm not even going to talk about the marital disorder going on with the protagonist's parents - something 99.99% of reviews have overlooked in favour of the ooh-aah lesbian candyland. No, this "game" is very much like another "game" that was released recently - Dear Esther. They have a lot in common, these two "games". Both are largely non-interactive, short and not so sweet, non-entities. Wander around and the story unfolds - or something like that. You pay your money (and I hope you don't pay more than $5 for this - I was dumb and paid $17) and you've got two hours tops of walking around what has to be the most absurdly and nonsensically designed house I've seen in any game outside the horror genre. I mean seriously...this is a "game" set in the everyday 90s America - not Tamriel, not Transylvania, not Equestria, not Middle Earth. Yet, about 40% of this house is hidden behind secret doors. Say what? What ordinary, workaday, Middletown American lives in a twenty room house that follows no logical architectural plan known to mankind, where there are secret doors and passageways everywhere? Yet this crazy aspect of Gone Home does not really factor into the game. If I was a 19 year old girl coming home to a sprawling madhouse that has x amount of secret rooms and passageways, I'd be phoning the cops. No, you happily walk around this bizarre place without making any comment as if it's the most natural thing to do. Shit, everyone I know lives in a weird mansion/bungalow with secret rooms and corridors, what about you?

Terrible purchase, not a game, no challenge, lasts an hour at most. Story is terribly clichéd and done much much better elsewhere. I bought it because of the reviews, but I cannot figure out how this terrible piece of crap game got such a high mark. Avoid like the plague, not worth it even for 99p.

It felt like freeware, seriously. A psuedo-game that hides behind its subject matter. Though without that, nobody ever hears of this "game".

Nothing more, nothing less, short game for 2-3 where you just explore empty house and discover what happened when our character was gone. Typical coming out of age motive with LGBT motive appearing. Nice experience.

----- ENGLISH REVIEW ----- This game is very short It took me less than 2 hours, I doubt it can be longer than 3 hours for anyone. The story is not bad and it can be interesting and emotional, it depends if you like this kind of story. I got this game in the GOG piñata so it’s ok, but I don’t think the normal price is good, because it’s really too short and it is not repayable, not in the short term. ----- RECENSIONE ITALIANA ----- Questo gioco è davvero corto ci ho messo meno di 2 ore per finirlo, dubito che possa essere più lungo di 3 ore per chiunque. Ho trovato questo gioco nella piñata di GOG quindi è ok, ma credo che il prezzo normale non vada bene, perché il gioco è davvero troppo breve e non è rigiocabile, non nel breve periodo almeno.