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Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure
The Almost Gone is a mystery point-and-click adventure where a young girl's spirit looks for a way out in a magical afterlife. It is a mysterious narrative exploration game set in a one second world where a little girl tries to understand her own dead and needs to fix the moment of death of others.
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cublikefootClaire FerrinJun 2020It has some good puzzle design going for it, an interesting story to match, and an aesthetic that I can definitely get behind. However, the game does suffer from its reliance on pixel hunting and its lackluster UI, which do bring down the experience a bit. It’s still a decent enough game, but it might be worth waiting for a sale first.
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LadiesGamers.comAbbi SmithJun 2020I can’t call The Almost Gone difficult, exactly, as the puzzles were generally easy to figure out, but it wasn’t an easy game either. There’s a lot of sequential puzzling, where the outcome from one is required to solve another, and a fair amount of non-linear thinking required – one puzzle required me to obtain numbers for a key-code lock, that were scattered not only across rooms but also across perspectives. The only time I really had difficulty was my own fault; I turned off on my Lite partway through the game saving, so once I loaded on my other Switch the core piece I’d just earned was no longer collected even though I thought it was, so I spent an extra hour looking for what I’d missed! While there are a couple of minor flaws, The Almost Gone was a beautiful and enrapturing point-and-click mystery exploration adventure that I can’t recommend highly enough. Be warned that there are a number of sensitive topics covered, so it may not be one for the easily upset, but otherwise it’s a truly enjoyable yet saddening tale that deserves a spot on anyone’s download list (and shelf if a physical is released – I’m praying!)
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Nintendo LifeOliver ReynoldsJul 20208/10If you’re looking for a puzzle game with a carefully considered supporting narrative, you need look no further. The Almost Gone is a game that demands your attention but never feels overly difficult or complex. Our only major issue is that once you’re done and dusted, there’s very little incentive to go back and start again.
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GuardianJun 20203/5 starsThe Almost Gone draws you in with a sinister family mystery, but its aesthetic beauty and strange, succinct puzzles end up carrying it.
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New Game NetworkAlex VarankouJun 202060/100The Almost Gone is an occasionally enjoyable puzzle game, with a unique way of presenting levels. However, its high price and inability to adequately tackle heavy narrative themes leave it lost in the sea of mobile game ports.
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IGDB rating 6.5/10 from 13 ratings.
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