Posted on: March 22, 2017
ac3raven
Игр: 54 Отзывов: 3
Compelling, but expensive
Gone Home has you assume the role of Katie, who has just returned home from a months-long trip abroad. No one is home to greet her, and so she is left to discover the goings-on of her mother, father, and especially her sister Sam. You will wonder around the house and examine items, notes, books, tapes, etc..which will reveal details about Katie's family, or trigger audio in which Sam confides in Katie or to no one in particular about trials and tribulations in her life. Sam's story focuses on her relationship with a punk-girl named Lonnie. So to critique: I think the atmosphere is well established and definitely enhances the strangeness of coming home to an empty house, with no one to greet you even though you've been gone for so long. Though Sam's story is compelling, it is a bit anti-climactic, and there is a minor sub-plot involving "Oscar" that doesn't really go anywhere meaningful. Initially I was also tempted to say that we should have been able to learn more about Katie and Sam's parents. But then, I think we had sufficient exposure since, after all, the sisterly bond is stronger and therefore more in-depth. I appreciate that we learn just enough to guess at the kind of lives they lead separately and together. If you're nostalgic for the 90's, you enjoy a decent story (and stories within stories), and you don't mind just walking around and clicking stuff, then you'll enjoy Gone Home. But 20 dollars is a lot to ask for given the age of the game now.
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