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Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Action
OpenCritic84IGDB74
A first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from her younger sister Sam suggesting that she's left home.
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Contemplative, tiny, formally daring and nostalgic.
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God is a GeekDan MurphyJan 201610/10One of the best games of 2013 is finally out on consoles. If you haven't done so already, you owe it to yourself to experience a beautiful story and some very clever, but understated, game design.
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Digital TrendsAdam RosenbergNov 20205/5 starsGone Home is a game that can be played by anyone, and should be played by everyone.
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Nintendo LifeDom Reseigh-LincolnSep 20189/10While it is a five-year-old game, there's no denying the cultural and developmental impact Gone Home has had on the game industry. Both as a near-perfect exercise in interactive storytelling and an example of how to handle complex and very real ideas in a game, only Life is Strange has ever come close to matching its significance. While there still isn't much ‘game' to be found here, the story you unravel through exploring an empty home will stay with you long after you've put down your Switch. Essential.
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FourFaceButtonsDavid AedoDec 20171/10Gone Home feels like a tech demo more than anything else, as if it's put together to test lighting effects, map layout, being able to pick up and examine objects, and so on, but even then it fails. The storytelling isn't bad, but it's for a story that's hardly even there or worth telling in the first place.
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GameSpewKim SnaithFeb 20166/10…Finally climbing up the stairs and seeing what awaited in the final minutes of the game should have been exhilarating… but rather it felt like somebody had just let all the air out of a shiny birthday balloon, deflating with a disappointing fart
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IGDB rating 7.4/10 from 558 ratings.
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