A coming-of-age adventure where you follow two high school sweethearts on a journey of self-discovery at the end of their high school years while facing the end of the world. Explore 90s Indonesian town, uncover its secrets, use supernatural powers to dive into people's hearts, and pet cats.
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I tried really hard to like this game but it wasn't for me
There aren't many games that can emotionally move me as much as this game does. It starts off as a slice of life story between a high school couple and a simple date to the movies. The story then quickly spirals into a mystery where strange occurrences appear throughout the town. Lots of supernatural and fantasy elements here.
The story deals with some serious and mature themes and even starts off with a warning of such nature. Despite the colorful tone and atmosphere early in the game, there are a lot of dark heavy moments hiding beneath it that left me uncomfortable at times. The emotional journey does end with a satisfying conclusion albeit leaving some plot points up to interpretation.
Other than the main characters, there's a lot of NPCs to interact with and a decent chunk of them are involved in the main story. Their personal stories are decently developed despite their small screentime. The writing as a whole is well executed.
The art direction and the pixelated graphics looks great with a decent range of animation.
The music is on the pleasant side with many well composed piano pieces. There are a few vocal tracks that help supplement the emotional moments.
The gameplay is similar to point and click adventure games. You move a character on a 2D plane and enter different rooms or areas on the side. There's a large amount of NPCs roaming the area that you can talk to. Puzzles are placed throughout the game and range from incredibly simple to more complex ones. The latter are not very common.
There's a mechanic that allows the player to dive within the mind/soul of a character to help resolve issues. All of these involve solving puzzles in some form.
Despite how it seems, there are actual combat moments which mostly involve inputting QTEs. These aren't difficult in general fortunately.
There are collectibles and a few optional sidequests in the game. However, getting all of these collectibles can be a hassle if you want to view a bonus scene at the end of the game. Many of the collectibles are chapter locked so there's no way to go back and get them if you missed out the first time other than do a completely new playthrough. Fortunately, Youtube exists.
Overall, the gameplay is decent and relaxing most of the time. Just a few frustrating moments on some of the QTEs and puzzles. The gameplay is actually very similar to 13 Sentinels' story portion of the game for those that are familiar with it.
The game takes about 10 hours to complete on a blind playthrough and recommended for those that want to experience a strong emotional story.
The story deals with some serious and mature themes and even starts off with a warning of such nature. Despite the colorful tone and atmosphere early in the game, there are a lot of dark heavy moments hiding beneath it that left me uncomfortable at times. The emotional journey does end with a satisfying conclusion albeit leaving some plot points up to interpretation.
Other than the main characters, there's a lot of NPCs to interact with and a decent chunk of them are involved in the main story. Their personal stories are decently developed despite their small screentime. The writing as a whole is well executed.
The art direction and the pixelated graphics looks great with a decent range of animation.
The music is on the pleasant side with many well composed piano pieces. There are a few vocal tracks that help supplement the emotional moments.
The gameplay is similar to point and click adventure games. You move a character on a 2D plane and enter different rooms or areas on the side. There's a large amount of NPCs roaming the area that you can talk to. Puzzles are placed throughout the game and range from incredibly simple to more complex ones. The latter are not very common.
There's a mechanic that allows the player to dive within the mind/soul of a character to help resolve issues. All of these involve solving puzzles in some form.
Despite how it seems, there are actual combat moments which mostly involve inputting QTEs. These aren't difficult in general fortunately.
There are collectibles and a few optional sidequests in the game. However, getting all of these collectibles can be a hassle if you want to view a bonus scene at the end of the game. Many of the collectibles are chapter locked so there's no way to go back and get them if you missed out the first time other than do a completely new playthrough. Fortunately, Youtube exists.
Overall, the gameplay is decent and relaxing most of the time. Just a few frustrating moments on some of the QTEs and puzzles. The gameplay is actually very similar to 13 Sentinels' story portion of the game for those that are familiar with it.
The game takes about 10 hours to complete on a blind playthrough and recommended for those that want to experience a strong emotional story.
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Comecei sem saber absolutamente nada da história, fiquei só o meme do "o qq tá acontecendo", e quando me dei conta do que realmente tinha acontecido, foi uma avalanche de pensamentos, e olha que tenho a profundidade sentimental de um pires, mas quem já teve que lidar mesmo que indiretamente com a depressão e o luto sabe que é realmente assim, vem tudo te engolindo. Depois que ele acabou fiquei pensando pensamentos por um bom tempo.
Gostaria apenas que ele fosse um pouco mais curto, algo no 5 capítulo acaba te deixando um pouco entediado.
O jogo é lindo, de todas as meneiras.
Gostaria apenas que ele fosse um pouco mais curto, algo no 5 capítulo acaba te deixando um pouco entediado.
O jogo é lindo, de todas as meneiras.
The beautiful pixel art and heartfelt story set in Indonesia make this game worth playing in my opinion. Overall, A Space for the Unbound has a lot of heart and charm. The ending especially is great and concludes the narrative in a satisfying way.
To make it hit harder, however, it probably should have been one or two hours shorter. The middle parts suffered from pacing issues and dragged on for a bit too long. The puzzles are fine, nothing too challenging, and the main game mechanic, called space diving, is quite compelling. Only the fighting (implemented as sequenced quick time prompts) felt uninspired at times. Moreover, I wish a chapter select option were unlocked after finishing the game in order to complete some of the sidequests you may have missed during your first playthrough, especially since checking them all off rewards you with a lovely bonus cutscene in the end.
Despite some of its shortcomings, I enjoyed my time playing A Space for the Unbound and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys story-driven games with laid-back gameplay.
To make it hit harder, however, it probably should have been one or two hours shorter. The middle parts suffered from pacing issues and dragged on for a bit too long. The puzzles are fine, nothing too challenging, and the main game mechanic, called space diving, is quite compelling. Only the fighting (implemented as sequenced quick time prompts) felt uninspired at times. Moreover, I wish a chapter select option were unlocked after finishing the game in order to complete some of the sidequests you may have missed during your first playthrough, especially since checking them all off rewards you with a lovely bonus cutscene in the end.
Despite some of its shortcomings, I enjoyed my time playing A Space for the Unbound and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys story-driven games with laid-back gameplay.
Premier fois que je joue à un jeu de ce style et j'ai beaucoup aimé l'expérience.
Le jeu a quelques lenteurs et certains choix de scénarios qui m'ont laissé perplexe. Mais la fin du jeu rattrape totalement ses faiblesses.
C'est un jeu que je vous conseilles de faire, en plus il est court !
Le jeu a quelques lenteurs et certains choix de scénarios qui m'ont laissé perplexe. Mais la fin du jeu rattrape totalement ses faiblesses.
C'est un jeu que je vous conseilles de faire, en plus il est court !
When I started this, I was in the mood for some light-hearted, fun adventure, but what I got instead was something much, much deeper with very serious, even dark themes, and a tearjerker, coming-of-age plot – and I don’t mind it one bit. The 2D, pixel-art graphics reminded me of all the old point ‘n’ click games I played as a kid, so the nostalgia factor was definitely strong here, that’s already a huge plus for me. The characters were fun, the puzzles were OK (not that crazy difficult for adventure veterans, though), but the QTE battles felt a bit out of place, at least as far as I’m concerned. There are even a few optional objectives, and all in all, you can spend around 10 hours, maybe more, with the whole thing, which is quite a long playtime for this genre if you ask me. But not too long – just the right amount. Oh, and I got really interested in Indonesian cuisine now, thanks to all the tasty food they talk about! :D
Due to depictions of anxiety, depression, and suicide, I can’t recommend this to everyone, but if you’re old enough and OK with such content, give it a try (of course, don’t expect anything very realistic or gory). And be sure to have a few tissues at hand!
Due to depictions of anxiety, depression, and suicide, I can’t recommend this to everyone, but if you’re old enough and OK with such content, give it a try (of course, don’t expect anything very realistic or gory). And be sure to have a few tissues at hand!