First of all, i would like to issue a warning. This isn't what i would truly call a game. It's more of a interactive adventure of sorts. There's not much in the way of gameplay, you control the two characters through environments and look for objects to get you to the next area, but that's it. There's no game over or failure, just story. Now, let's get to the review! The story of to the moon takes place in the near future where new technology has allowed us to enter peoples memories and change them, thus changing peoples lives, atleast that's what they believe with their altered memories. You play as two scientists who's newest patient is a dying man named Johnny. He has a quite unique request, he want's to believe that he went to the moon in his lifetime and it's the two scientists job to travel backwards through Johnnys memories to convince his younger self to aspire to be an astronaut. I'm usually quite resilient to emotional stories and rarely do i cry or start sobbing from games, books, movies etc. This game however has one of the strongest, most emotional storys I have ever experienced, in a game or otherwise. It manages this without being too serious and mixes it's heartfelt moments with truly funny ones as well. The gameplay is more or less non-existant, as I mentioned in my discalimer at the start of the review, with you only exploring the environments, listening to dialogue and solving some light puzzles. The game is made with the RPGmaker software and therefore has a 16-bit feel to it, with some nicely hand drawn backgrounds. Lastly the music. The music in this game is top notch, and perfectly catches the essence of the game. Together with the story it is definately the games high-point. For some listening reccomendations i would point you towards the main theme and eveything's alright which can be found on youtube. This is definatley one of the best games ever made, and i would reccomend everyone to experience it's exceptional story. Prepare for tears.
