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schneefinkI finally finished Gone Home, in a little under four hours (and with some help from the internet after getting stuck once. Steam also tells me less than 10% of players have the "completed the game" achievement, which seems low but idk.) Overall I enjoyed it, I'm glad I finished it (but I'm also glad I'm done.)
When I started playing I knew nothing except that it would be about Sam's lesbian love story. When "I" came home and was met by nobody, I kinda assumed that Sam might be missing, but the parents would still be around. I also started out putting back everything I picked up, turning lights off again etc., which was annoying sometimes but also felt like the polite thing to do. When I went upstairs and saw that the parents weren't home, and their room looked like they left in a hurry, that was also about the same time I got impatient and didn't bother with being neat anymore. Which fit because Katie was becoming more worried (which made it slightly odd that she was still walking slowly… oh well.) Sidenote, I can understand Sam being very emotional and not properly thinking about leaving easily accessible info for Katie, but their parents just leaving like that? Smh.
I liked the gradual uncovering of the story and history, piecing together what happened etc., but there were a lot of drawers and sometimes it felt very slow. I enjoyed the secret rooms and passages. I got annoyed a few times how dark rooms were, especially when finding the light switch was tricky.
Not sure what I'll play next: ideally not something fast because my wrists have been bothering me more often recently. I'm thinking of trying Disco Elysium but I'm both worried that I won't like it and worried that I'll like it too much. Logic.
When I started playing I knew nothing except that it would be about Sam's lesbian love story. When "I" came home and was met by nobody, I kinda assumed that Sam might be missing, but the parents would still be around. I also started out putting back everything I picked up, turning lights off again etc., which was annoying sometimes but also felt like the polite thing to do. When I went upstairs and saw that the parents weren't home, and their room looked like they left in a hurry, that was also about the same time I got impatient and didn't bother with being neat anymore. Which fit because Katie was becoming more worried (which made it slightly odd that she was still walking slowly… oh well.) Sidenote, I can understand Sam being very emotional and not properly thinking about leaving easily accessible info for Katie, but their parents just leaving like that? Smh.
I liked the gradual uncovering of the story and history, piecing together what happened etc., but there were a lot of drawers and sometimes it felt very slow. I enjoyed the secret rooms and passages. I got annoyed a few times how dark rooms were, especially when finding the light switch was tricky.
Not sure what I'll play next: ideally not something fast because my wrists have been bothering me more often recently. I'm thinking of trying Disco Elysium but I'm both worried that I won't like it and worried that I'll like it too much. Logic.
