Last Stop 2021

PlayStation UniverseNeil BoltJul 20218.5/10

Variable State follows up the wordless weirdness of Virginia with a far more talkative, and more grounded, supernatural drama with Last Stop. The focus on its three protagonists' everyday problems over the underlying odd phenomena helps to make each tale more engaging, and in turn, makes the stranger things that occur feel more captivatingly mysterious in their initially limited use. It's a little light in terms of traditional player control, but Last Stop tells a hell of a good story that you still very much feel like you're in the director's chair for.

Game InformerLiana RuppertJul 20218/10

Last Stop blends classic British humor, the contrast of human mundanity, and the chaotic nature of the supernatural flawlessly

Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeJul 20212/5 stars

Eventually, each story hurriedly resolves itself, foregoing tidy lessons or ironic endings but still lacking that crucial, elusive sense of lived-in authenticity. For as much effort has clearly gone into voicing and animating these characters within their 3D environments, we never spend enough time to seem like we really know them; quirks of the game’s strict linearity ensure we remain at a distance, observing relationships that are otherwise too thinly sketched to sustain the game’s emotional ambitions. Last Stop eventually arrives at an all-too-familiar game-design destination, hamstrung by its attempts at verisimilitude.

VGChartzLee MehrJul 20214.5/10

Variable State's sophomore effort reaches a boring destination due to uneven writing and game design austerity.