Gone Home Coming to Consoles, Next Game Isn't Gone Home 2

IGN :
"Gone Home, IGN’s Best PC Game of 2013, is coming to consoles in 2014.

“We designed Gone Home from the beginning to be a couch experience,” Steve Gaynor, cofounder of developer The Fullbright Company and writer of Gone Home, told IGN. “There are Trophies and there [are] Achievements, but there’s also new features with the new consoles. The PS4 is all about sharing, for instance.”

[Neonridr]

Stupid Idea. Game was great for what it was on PC, but as a console title it is stupid. Game required far too much manipulation and precise clicking via the mouse that you can't begin to accomplish using analog sticks.

Oh well, I guess the bonus is more people will be able to play this indie title.

[mixelon]

Umm.. it's an unlosable game with almost zero accuracy required. I played through it on PC with a 360 pad anyway. It has support built in, and it really makes no difference to gameplay.

It'll work fine on consoles.

I don't think it'll review well in console circles though, definitely not among N4G users. Haha.

[Neonridr]

It was a point and click game. Regardless if it's a first person perspective or not. Not exactly super easy to look around with the analog stick and then click on something to examine.

Obviously the game isn't about winning/losing, so there is no quick decision making or split second timing, but it will still be like driving with an elephant on your back.

[kiz2694]

I see what you mean, the game only takes about 2 hours and it would be hard to market on console as well as getting the right price point. Games like these should stay on PC.

[mixelon]

"but it will still be like driving with an elephant on your back."

No it really isn't, I played through it with the 360 pad with absolutely no issues. My mouse needed charging and i didn't give it a second thought. it made literally no difference at all.

The PC version has perfectly decent controller support, why's it going to suddenly get worse on consoles?

[Neonridr]

I will take your word for it.

[goldwyncq]

How could a 2 hour game with barely any interaction at all be GOTY? By now it's probably more overrated than Dear Esther.

[Spikeantestor]

My gut told me to click "disagree" as I enjoyed Dear Esther. But that wouldn't have been very helpful. so instead I'll simply say that, while polarizing, I don't think it was overrated.

[goldwyncq]

I can tolerate a game with minimal interaction but it has to have a damn good story. This game's story had potential but is ruined by focusing on you know what. It would have been 10x more interesting if the story focused on the character's uncle.

[Spikeantestor]

I didn't see a reply icon to your message so I'm responding to my own. This may be normal, I'm new to the site.

Anyway, when talking about things like graphics or even game play it seems easier to get people to agree on things. Artistic choices like story are, well, a lot harder. So I can't say you're wrong, only that I did happen to appreciate the story it told and how it told it.

[WeAreLegion]

Awesome. Love it!

[Gore-Content]

Should have been released at the same time with the pc version. I already watched the whole playthrough of it on utube.

[Neonridr]

yeah, once you've seen the whole playthrough, it kind of takes the urge out of wanting to play it yourself. Maybe if it's a free title on PS+...

[Soldierone]

Please don't be PS Plus game of the month......Please don't be PS Plus game of the month.....Please don't be PS Plus game of the month.....

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Really excited about this!

[donwel]

This pretentious overrated crap really needs to die, it will not be welcome on consoles and if it should come to PS+ it will be the only game that I will NOT be downloading.
It's was a complete and utter rip-off when it was released and I have absolutely no doubt it will be an absolute rip-off if it rears its ugly head on consoles.
It's a piece of shit pandering shovel ware and hardly qualifys as a game, therefore it should not be on N4G.

Story quality: WTF
Like website: No

[mixelon]

I don't get this attitude at all. Ok. You don't like it, but you know a lot of people did. Why should your opinions overrule everyone else's? There's room in the market for different types of game.

It's blatantly not shovel-ware based on the writing/music/voice acting etc, design wise you can tell a lot of thought went in to it.

I can see why some people hate it but it has definitely been a notable indie title. I'm glad is coming to more systems. I probably won't play through it again, but that's not the point.

[donwel]

Only it isn't just my opinion, is it?
Look at the user reviews on steam or metacritic, you'll find that this piece of software has massively more negative scores than positive.
The only reason it's had a free ride is because of hipster SJW games "journalists", the lot of them should be prosecuted for misrepresentation.

[Sketchy_Galore]

At least you're not overreacting. That's the most important thing.

[mixelon]

I never said it was only your opinion. It's a common opinion. What difference does that make, exactly? There are also a lot of people who enjoyed it. Name one controversial game that doesn't have tons of negative reviews.

Lets be clear, this was a game about an issue a lot of people don't like, designed for a small demographic that relies on nostalgia and pop culture references from a time that most modern gamers won't even relate to. It was always going to be divisive. For the people it resonates with it serves it's purpose. Obviously that isn't you.

It brought interesting things to the table in terms of storytelling. People who care about writing in games complimented it most. Neil Druckmann, etc.

Prosecuted for misrepresentation? Are you high?

I didn't like it all that much either, as a game, but I'm very glad it exists.

[donwel]

"Name one controversial game that doesn't have tons of negative reviews. "
Pick any GTA game.
Ok misrepresentation may be wrong, but fraud, definitely. These are people who are in a position where they can influence others to part with their money for specific products through their reviews.
If you want an alternative example, go look on metacritic at the discrepancy between the reviewers scores and the user scores of call of duty, dungeon keeper is another good example.

[mixelon]

I meant controversial with the players.. Like, ME3, or any platform specific title fanboys on the other side hate because it's not theirs. Probably not fair to compare the most expensive series in video game history to essentially a short interactive novel, but i should have been clearer.

I really only read quite sensible reviews of Gone Home.. Fraud is when the the parties in question (journalists) benefit financially from the lies. Everything else is likely chalkable to.. opinions? A lot of industry reviewers likes some big facets of the game. Every review i read specifically warned people about what it was about and didn't pitch it as something it wasn't..?

Its difficult to talk about the subject matter in a review as its automatically going into spoiler territory. That in itself is pretty interesting for a game.

I did see previews that implied it was more of a horror game.. That was bad.. I don't think anyone knew at that point though.

[Grave]

*Buyer Beware!*

Gone Home is extremely short. I finished it in 80 minutes and it has no replay value.

[goldwyncq]

You can accidentally finish the game in 2 minutes actually.

[sdozzo]

Nice experience. Sadly, it can be watched on YouTube in a couple hours. Pc version can be bought on the cheap and low system requirements. Don't know how well this will sell.