What Remains of Edith Finch (Gone Home, etc.) (Gaming)

by cheapLEY , Tuesday, May 09, 2017, 18:38 (2764 days ago) @ Kermit

I bought Edith Finch and I'm looking forward to it. For me, Gone Home didn't quite live up to the praise it received, but I enjoyed it. Everyone's Gone to the Rapture is worth it if you really like "walking simulators," but otherwise, I'd pass. I was distracted by the fact that the voice actor who played Marlene from the Last of Us is in it, and she never was not Marlene to me. Not fair, but there it is. Life Is Strange and Firewatch are my favorite two.

Life is Strange feels way more like an adventure game to me. The rest are more straightforward experiences where the player doesn't really direct things.

I'm not sure why, but Gond Home really captures me more than the others (other than Edith Finch now, I think). I'm think that game got so much right. I just really liked the story it told. But I also really love the tension of wondering around the house. It feels like a horror game all the way up to the end. Edith Finch has some of that atmosphere too, but not in the same way.