Beautiful game. Everything about it is simple. The story is generally simple, the gameplay and the puzzles are kinda simple and graphically it isn't much of a looker...but damn does this game leave a lasting impression for me.
The story is the best part of the game and presents the experiences and past trauma of J.J. in a simple but effective manner, as you start to understand the background of J.J.'s life through text conversations with friends/family, chasing Emily (her gf who went missing when visiting an island with her) and also from being chased by a mysterious disfigured monster. The story handles the serious subject matter well and despite it being a horror game whose main gimmick is dismembering yourself, the game manages to give a positive and sweet message by the end of it all that really got to me, even on a second playthrough.
Your reward for exploring the levels are doughnuts, which are the collectibles of the game. The more you collect them, the more messages and texts start to reappear on J.J.'s phone and they're fantastic! The dialogue between J.J. and her friends/family are a really great representation of what a person like J.J. would act and talk like for her age and her demeanor. The same also goes for her friends. They're great little pieces of character development and stories of what J.J's life was like before vising the island and also showing what lead to the events of the island to come into being.
The puzzles are good and never feel so simple that they shouldn't be there or so hard that they ruin the flow of the game. Also, the main gimmick of dismembering J.J. and using her different body parts is gruesomely fun.
The unlockable costumes are cool. Game doesn't have much of an OST but when the main theme plays it's like UNFH! The look of the game, like I said before, is pretty simple but they do a good job of keeping the creepy atmosphere and during certain sequences and events it suitably gives some fantastical and psychedelic visuals.
I had a blast playing through The Missing and came away feeling pretty touched and emotional overwhelmed. Story and character writing are fantastic. Dismembering body parts is rad. The theme for the game OWNS. The end. Play this.
The story is the best part of the game and presents the experiences and past trauma of J.J. in a simple but effective manner, as you start to understand the background of J.J.'s life through text conversations with friends/family, chasing Emily (her gf who went missing when visiting an island with her) and also from being chased by a mysterious disfigured monster. The story handles the serious subject matter well and despite it being a horror game whose main gimmick is dismembering yourself, the game manages to give a positive and sweet message by the end of it all that really got to me, even on a second playthrough.
Your reward for exploring the levels are doughnuts, which are the collectibles of the game. The more you collect them, the more messages and texts start to reappear on J.J.'s phone and they're fantastic! The dialogue between J.J. and her friends/family are a really great representation of what a person like J.J. would act and talk like for her age and her demeanor. The same also goes for her friends. They're great little pieces of character development and stories of what J.J's life was like before vising the island and also showing what lead to the events of the island to come into being.
The puzzles are good and never feel so simple that they shouldn't be there or so hard that they ruin the flow of the game. Also, the main gimmick of dismembering J.J. and using her different body parts is gruesomely fun.
The unlockable costumes are cool. Game doesn't have much of an OST but when the main theme plays it's like UNFH! The look of the game, like I said before, is pretty simple but they do a good job of keeping the creepy atmosphere and during certain sequences and events it suitably gives some fantastical and psychedelic visuals.
I had a blast playing through The Missing and came away feeling pretty touched and emotional overwhelmed. Story and character writing are fantastic. Dismembering body parts is rad. The theme for the game OWNS. The end. Play this.