Completed with platinum trophy earned. A story-focused adventure following two opposing soldiers - a Canadian and a German - in the latter half of the First World War, 11-11: Memories Retold is an engrossing and ultimately quite strongly emotional experience. In the same way as the developer's previous Valiant Hearts, the game tells a very personal story for both of the protagonists, neither of whom is a 'typical' soldier (one is a military photographer, the other an engineer), culminating with some very meaningful choices with radical impact on the ending.

The gameplay is based around fairly straightforward exploration and puzzle-solving, ensuring that the story remains the main focus, but what's here is enjoyable enough. Throughout, the whole experience is enhanced by an abstract 'painterly' art-style that's perhaps genuinely unique among games of this scope.

Reviewed on Dec 26, 2022


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