Gone Home

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