A cute lil game with a neat concept of looking inside everyday objects and exploring the memories of those that have passed. The premise and search mechanics are what made this game interesting to me, but hearing the stories of how different people knew and felt about those who had passed was actually rather sweet. How one person could have had such varying impacts on the lives of those around them, likely without often realising it.

Personally I have a very strange relationship with death, I've been fortunate enough to have only really ever lost one relative I was somewhat close to, and my beloved goodest boy Floyd is dearly missed in my heart, but the losses themselves didn't really hit the way it feels like they should've. The relatives I have left that seem to be on their way out aren't met with a feeling of dread or panic, it feels almost heartless but I s'pose my approach isn't particularly emotional... "That's what happens when you reach that age" type deal, ykno. This may sound like I'm pulling at straws, but I guess the point I'm trying to make is that this game helped me understand why that might be. It's cheese but, people aren't really gone, and death - for me - isn't intrinsically a bad or scary thing.

Getting back to the game itself, the only real comment I have is that the ending was a little abrupt, which honestly may be the point, but given how it ends it didn't feel that way to me.

In summary, the game is worth checking out, but the single-mechanic gimmick gets a bit old after a while, especially if you take time to explore for fun. Easy platinum though so if you have a few hours and a couple of quid, this'll do you nicely :)

Reviewed on Oct 23, 2022


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