![]() ![]() Needless to say the game is consistently enthralling, finding various methods of connecting dread and beauty together through its aesthetic and voice talents, entwining them in poetic fashion. My only qualms fall on what was probably time/budget restrictions the interior designs becoming a bit monotonous and the way some of the areas bleed together can be disarming. It is an expressively funereal and thunderous experience. This game engages with annihilation as it is happening, and the intimate traumas and regrets and buried revelations that are unearthed when civilized society is pushed to the brink of oblivion. Or at least the end of "their" world as they know it. What's told here is a richly drawn tapestry of a town populated by complicated people reckoning with complex events the chief being the apocalypse itself. I've never heard of walking simulator as a genre, but now that I've googled it The Long Dark seems like it'd be a great fit. Can't go wrong with all the above suggestions either. It's the massive scope that makes all the difference. Suicide of Rachel Foster Or the Stanley Parable for a more comedic twist (honestly one of the best games I've ever played). With the luscious visual designs borrowing from Romanticist values and a breathtaking score by Jessica Curry, in ways this feels ahead of its time, achieving an overwhelming sense of isolation through the usual tropes of the "walking sim" genre. Undoubtedly something that deserves a sincere reevaluation given our contemporary woes and social unrest. A game of immeasurable power and relevancy. ![]()
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