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What Remains of Edith Finch
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What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state.
As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive. Each story you find lets you experience the life of a new family member on the day of their death, with stories ranging from the distant past to the present day.
The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the Finches themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspective and that each story ends with that family member's death.
Ultimately, it's a game about what it feels like to be humbled and astonished by the vast and unknowable world around us.
Created by Giant Sparrow, the team behind the first-person painting game The Unfinished Swan.
As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive. Each story you find lets you experience the life of a new family member on the day of their death, with stories ranging from the distant past to the present day.
The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the Finches themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspective and that each story ends with that family member's death.
Ultimately, it's a game about what it feels like to be humbled and astonished by the vast and unknowable world around us.
Created by Giant Sparrow, the team behind the first-person painting game The Unfinished Swan.
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Eurogamer
Recommended
An elegiac, memorable and affecting tale of the misfortunes suffered by the members of a deeply eccentric family.
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8/10
A compelling story well told, and although it's still not very interactive the variety and artfulness of the presentation feels like something only a video game could do.
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91/100
Touching, sad, and brilliant; a story worth forgiving the limited interactivity to experience.
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Posted on: January 10, 2020
keviny01
Games: 395 Reviews: 23
Story game with nice interactiveness
This game belongs to what many disparagingly call the walking simulator genre; but if done right like this one, these games can be transcendent experience. You play a pregnant woman revisiting her old home and reminiscing about her past family tragedies. Every flashback sequence is played out with nice interactive flair, including a memorable one set inside a graphic novel. There are light puzzles that punctuate certain key moments. Gone Home may have jump-started the interactive fiction genre, but this game is miles better.
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Posted on: December 10, 2017
goodald
Verified ownerGames: 25 Reviews: 1
Not really worth it....
Remains of Edith.. it's ok. The sardine factory scene was great and just had a great vibe to it. The bathwater scene also was pretty good... but I regret buying it otherwise. Yeah I was hoping for some "feels" but regret is one I'd like to avoid after a purchase. The game feels clunky at times where (at least to me) where I felt I had to backtrack or had missed something (mostly true in the last half).. I also found the tone of the game confusing where I infer that things will be "serious" but then it's not. The whole thing just lacked cohesiveness at points which ruined things for me. Overall.. Not satisfied by the experience.
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Posted on: January 20, 2018
Hurried_Grundy40
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 6
Digging in the dirt
I'm not all the nosy in real life, but I love digging through the lives in this exploration story thingy. It made me want to go back there later.
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Posted on: May 21, 2020
JuraDumas
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 10
Don't call it a walking simulator
What Remains of Edith Finch is often compared to "walking simulators" and visual novels but I think that's doing the game a disservice. The game has an interesting story but it is how player interaction and exploration are used that raise it above the average game in terms of storytelling. Mind you it's not a happy story but it's not a straight forward sad story either that goes for cheap drama
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