Gone Home review

Recommended

by Matheus Tranquilin

It's not much of a game, more like an interactive movie, but I ended up getting much more involved in the story than I expected for the price.  The voice acting is great, and the plot (while a little cliched) is plausibly done and revealed in little bits and pieces.  While the game is short, there's a bit more depth with a secondary subplot that is not explicitly spelled out but will be super-obvious once you see it.  (I won't say anything more to avoid spoiling it), and the environment of the game is really well-built.  The way that tension is built up and pays off is something I think gamers who are attuned to this genre will appreciated, although be forewarned it's not a horror game at all.  Building suspense without having some horrific ending actually works well with the subject matter.  The puzzles and hidden elements are relatively easy to find if you know where they are, but I didn't feel insulted by the difficulty level in finding them.

Overall, play this if you want a narrative driven game in a well-built sandbox environment that doesn't completely subvert your expectations of the subject matter but instead relies on good writing and acting to get your attention.  Bonus points for having a pretty interesting directors' commentary included in the game.  Overall, highly recommended.

The Adventure Game "Gone Home" was developed by the indie studio "The Fullbright Company" and released in 2013. The Game was first released as a Download on Steam, on the Playstation4 and the Xbox One, but the Offer was expanded to include a DVD version in 2014. In the Game, As a Player, you put yourself in the Role of the 21-year-old Kaitlin Greenbriar, who returns home from a European Atrium At the Beginning Of June 1995. With more Information you will not be equipped and so you will find yourself at the Door of your family Residence. However, after some Exploration, he seems to leave completely. What happened to your Father Terry, your Mother Janice and your Sister Samantha now has to be figure out. To uncover this Mystery, you move through the Family Estate, can use or pick up Objects at the Click of a mouse. This Mechanic is used in some Rare cases for minor Puzzles, but most of The time it's just a nice Gimmick if you can take up any Object and rotate around 360 °. Accordingly, the Gameplay remains unspectacular over the Game. However, Gone Home possesses great Strength, its Atmosphere. Thanks to this, the Game has Potential to be a Horror Game of the finest Quality Class. The large, dark and vacant Property, the Severe weather raging outside and the Prehistory of the Property make for unpleasant Moments, but they do not go beyond a few light Back showers. Especially when Visiting the Basement and Attic. This makes the various Diary Entries of your Sister Samantha seem all the more reassuring, which she unlocks by interacting with different Objects within the Game world. In General, these Diary Entries are the Most important thing you will face to learn what happened during your Absence within the Family. It is precisely these Diary Entries that Are the Highlight of the entire game due to their free Writing style and loose speaking Style. In the Beginning you will listen to what Is happening with Scepticism or disinterest, but the more you unlock, the more you rejoice in every new Snippet. The Whole thing then culminates in an emotional Finale where one or the other Tear will flow. All in all, Gone Home marks the Dawn Of a new Era of the Video Game industry. This Game is a Textbook example of tomorrow's Storytelling: Intrusive and woven into the Gameplay. End game-disrupting Cutscenes and The eternal Reading of Diary entries or item Descriptions. However, the Game suffers from monotonous Gameplay and poor Price-/it performance ratio. The Game will keep you Entertained for just under two Hours and has no Replay Value, which cannot justify the Price of €19.99million on Steam. If you want to get this Game, wait for the next Steamsale.