GR - Utilizing the diseased mind to sharpen your own.
After Myst came out, a lot of developers tried to capture its essence. The smart ones created unique games of note, such as The 7th Guest and Zork Nemesis. Still, others created generic clones that plopped you in a mysterious fantasy setting with little explanation and asked you to solve odd puzzles in the hopes that you’d feel like you just played Myst.
It wasn’t until last year’s Gone Home that I felt the same essence I felt playing Myst as a child, mostly due to the convincing setting and exploration. Ether One, the first offering from White Paper Games, brought me even closer to that feeling without forfeiting a unique character all its own. Although the execution isn’t perfect, I’d still highly recommend this game to fans of lonely adventures and crafty puzzles.
Tackle the topic of dementia head-on in an emotional walking simulator/collect-em-up on PS4 and Steam.
Retro Remastered's Laura revisits critically acclaimed Ether One.
This game really annoyed me. I enjoyed the story and some of the puzzles were fun - I even completed it. The graphics were okay and the message made a healthy change.
But I wasn't able to fully complete it, since there was a glitch that meant you couldn't get some projector pieces if you did things in a certain order. It was all over the forums and the developers, White Paper Games, didn't bother to fix it, leaving me pissed to the point I won't buy their future games. /end rant
The game had issues and worst of all game breaking bugs, but I could eventually finish it and the ending was really something else, the build up to the ending and the ending per se left a really big impression on me.
Really enjoyed this game and having got it free via ps+ I was very pleased. A proper game that put the story first.
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Mmmm, Gone Home was quite good, can't wait to give this a try.
Go indies!
This game looks great. I have a lot of games to play right now but this will be on my list to buy in the future. Good review too.