Posted on: August 15, 2014
Barny
Games: 334 Reviews: 6
Unique experience
That's my sixth time, trying to write a review about Gone Home. Usually I'm not writing such things, but the fact that the game has three stars rating and the top reviews are negative ones made me to do it. However, the fact, that I'm unable to properly explain why the game is great is a certain indication that it's not an easy nut to crack. Therefore I cannot really blame people for giving debunking reviews. Let me put it this way... Gone Home is a unique experience. It's more of an interactive storytelling, rather than a classic "game", what you could categorize like TBS, FPS, etc. If I would want to strip it down, I would say that Gone Home is a first person exploration game, whereas you revisit your old home to find everyone missing. Then you have to explore the house room by room to figure out what happened via notes, visual signs and audio diaries. However, the game is much more than that and alas, it's impossible to give you an idea about the brilliance of the game without including major spoilers. Basically if you are fine with a game which is not revolving around saving the world and epic battles AND you are ready to be open minded toward a new gameplay experience, then buy it and enjoy. I'm sure you will do. However, if you think that games should be games (fighting in trenches, chasing orcs, upgrading your character, whatever) and no excuse for leaving the beaten track, then just ignore this one.
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