Last Day of June

It took me around 3 hours to play through and I recommend playing it in one session. It's fascinating how I felt connected to the characters in this short time, even without real voice acting. A little bit anoying is the point of rerunning cut scenes which you can't fast forward (even if the game itself cuts some them later on). Kind of a walking simulator = great story, few things to do. But with a little thinking you can progress faster, with fewer reruns of timeline chapters. I can recommend it for everyone enjoying short games with a realy moving story.

I finished this little gem in about 3 hours and enjoyed every minute! The gameplay contains three elements: Exploring (a little bit), solving puzzles (not difficult, but thinking is necessary) and optional collecting 20 retrospections (pictures which deepen the past of each character). But I won't play the game again because of the gameplay. Truly great are three other aspects: - the Story - the Art Style - the Music These are three reasons why u should play this game! (preferably in one session) During the game u have to replay some parts to change decisions made before or collect all retrospections, but every time the game speeds some parts or cutting out the boring ones (like long walking or watching long video sequences), so it doesnt feel like: Why do I have to play this again? By the way: The development team worked in a small village in Italy, I believe the atmospheric and peacefull setting is inspired by that.

"Last Day of June" is a wonderful athomospheric game about loneliness, hope and desires. In the beginning, the story about a man and his loss didn't touch me, it even seemed to me like a superimposition. Also the language with its incomprehensible babble deterred me. But the player must give the game time to unfold its charm. By a clever game mechanics with changing figures in a time level I found fast pleasure in the manipulation of the story process. Without anticipating the end, I can only advise everyone to persevere. I could hardly resist a tear. A captivating game.

What if you would mix the beginning of Up and Groundhog Day with a time paradox twist? That's how you would get Last Day of June, a quiet sad and in ways cruel point and click game where your goal is to save your wife. The game has really nice visuals and the controls are good, I would imagine it's even better using a controller for this game but it works for mouse and keyboards as well. While the game does have some metroidvania themes (you need to re-visit areas to unlock them with other characters and to collect collectibles, etc.) I'd say the game is streamlined enough for this to work in a non-annoying way. I definitely recommend this game if you like heart-touching stories and great visuals!