Played this gem when it came out on Playstation, so I strongly recommend playing with a controller. The game itself has a quite unique artstyle which some may find a little cold and boring but when you look at it more carefully, reveals a love for detail and hidden beauty. But the reason for which I love the game is the story. The characters are speaking a fantasy language so you mostly understand what's going on by interpreting tone and emotion of the (great) voice acting and the gestures of the brothers. Be ready to dive in an emotional roller coaster. I, for myself, was so taken by the story I played in one sitting - which is one of the few "negative" points one can say about the game: It takes under 4-6 hours to play (and sometimes hard jump-passages). Overall, in my opinion, this is one of the best story games of the past years and worth being played. It will leave a mark in your heart.
'Her Story' is, in the matter of presentation and gameplay, a really unique piece of art in the big world of video games (pun intended). Some may say -with good reason- it's not a 'game' in the classic way. You listen to a fragmented story with very few hints in the beginnng and try to find the big context in it. I was quite intrigued on from the beginnng, thinking and puzzling over the single pieces of information. But you only need to discover one particular video, and you know why 80% happenend. Most people may say here: 'good, I solved the puzzle, let's go home'. But in my case, the game started to get really interesting for me: I tried to figure out the last little details, rewatched videos multiple times, hoping to find the key word I need to search for. Possible spoiler ahead: And here's the one big flaw of this game: I don't think it's possible to discover every single video in the first playthrough since the search terms in rare cases cannot be detected. So you end up retrying different combinations and search terms until you have no fun anymore. (No worries, you can access all videos in the free game afterwards). And that's a great pity considering that finding the little details is actually fun and I think one of the key parts of the game (take a look at the paragraph above). But, overall I would recommend playing it if you're a fan of story-driven games and trying out a new form of gameplay is always good ;)
