A Short Hike is a very small game, that costs 7 euros. Yet it is the best emulation of life I have seen in video games.
Simply put, no game has ever come this close to emulating what a summer day feels like. You just wander around the island, talking to neighbors, with very simple yet charming dialogue, going from little activity to little activity, discovering a thousand very small things.
I could talk about the gameplay, or go more in depth about why this is fun. But really, I don't want to. Firstly, because if I described the gameplay, you'd think this game sucks because it's very basic and is basically a mash-up of Animal Crossing and BOTW/Celeste. But most importantly, this game is an experience, one of the few games where I wasn't constantmy judging it, critiquing it in my brain. I just got immersed. Play this, because no review will ever translate how perfect it is.
I'm holding back a star because I just feel like I can't give 5 stars to a game this short, even though its short length is one of its strongest assets.
Simply put, no game has ever come this close to emulating what a summer day feels like. You just wander around the island, talking to neighbors, with very simple yet charming dialogue, going from little activity to little activity, discovering a thousand very small things.
I could talk about the gameplay, or go more in depth about why this is fun. But really, I don't want to. Firstly, because if I described the gameplay, you'd think this game sucks because it's very basic and is basically a mash-up of Animal Crossing and BOTW/Celeste. But most importantly, this game is an experience, one of the few games where I wasn't constantmy judging it, critiquing it in my brain. I just got immersed. Play this, because no review will ever translate how perfect it is.
I'm holding back a star because I just feel like I can't give 5 stars to a game this short, even though its short length is one of its strongest assets.