Gone Home

A step closer to video games breaking out from their juvenile phase to become a true art of storytelling. While Gone Home is far from perfect it still serves to show video games can be more than just fighting and violence. There's no major twists and the story isn't exactly deep, but it's decent enough. The music, the atmosphere and voice acting truly hits the spot, but the genius of Gone Home lies more in what can be done rather than what has been done.

One of the OG's in the vein of walking sims filled with progressive nonsense made by activists to indoctrinate people into their cult.

This was one of my favorite games last year and I know this sounds really pretentious, but I just feel like some people didn't get it. I feel like Gone Home did a lot to make the interaction meaningful in that you approached the story at your own pace, Not to mention the pitch perfect 1994 aesthetic. It felt like (corny title drop) going home, really. combine that with a truly engaging story and you got an incredibly immersive game. The other big criticism people throw at the game is that it's only 3 hours long, which is true. But I don't see a problem with that, it's not like I haven't payed up to $25 for a DVD before. Buy it on sale if that really bothers you. But if you really can't stand the idea of a game with zero violent stabbings, or you can't get your head around a game where you don't have to play towers of Hanoi for the 50th time to unlock some door, than this game is not for you. And that's fine, but don't go around telling people it's the worst game ever just because it's not your style. I don't tell everyone sports game are awful just because they're not my cup of tea.

Gone Home is a really great game. Sure, it might be a so called "Walking Simulator". However the story of the game is good and it's touching. It also has nice easter eggs towards the 90s pop culture and other fun things to find. I would recommend everyone to play it through at least once.

It's one of these games that isn't actually a game. You can't interact a lot instead you just discover a story. If you want to actually play a game then this is probably not for you. But if you like stories this game is perfect for you. It's a well crafted discovery game. The story is captivating and refreshing. You could compare it to Dear Esther and maybe even the Penumbra games if you leave out all the horror and creepy mystery of these games. I loved every minute of it!