I am huge fan
of story based games. I mean I do play games with no storyline but games with
storyline make me get attached to more quickly than games with no
storyline. Recently, I discovered a game
called “Gone Home”.
Gone home |
I got hold of
a game copy and played it. Basically, in this game all you need to do is go
around the house to learn about yourself and to have a better understanding on
what’s going on at home while you were gone for a year.
The player
views the world in first person point of view. As the character, the player has
to go around the house to find for interactive objects and examine it. Some of
this interactive objects tells a story which leads to a better understanding.
Room with interactive objects like cabinet and lamp table. |
For an
example, the phone voice mail tells us information on what happened in the year
the player’s character was away from home. This gives more clues to the player
as he/she does not have any idea on what’s going on.
Interactive phone. |
There are no
specific missions or time frame to complete the game. You are in a house with
tons of objects to look at and try to figure out on what’s going on. That’s
all. While you are going around, you are able to uncover more mysteries that
lie in the house.
The story is
light even though it covers a taboo topic (It’s considered taboo in Singapore).
I like the approach of narration and storytelling. It’s similar to point and
click adventure but it’s in 3D.
This might
not be interesting for all as the game does not contain challenges that keep a
player going. It’s all about seeking the truth and finding for the missing
puzzle piece to complete the puzzle.
I don’t
really want to go to in dept with the storyline because the whole game is about
the storyline. Overall, I could say that this game is suitable for casual
gamers and gamers who wants to spend their time