Tacoma is a wonderful little game from the devs of Gone Home where you explore a space station & uncover the stories of the previous crew in holographic recordings. Each recording depicting ensemble or concurrent solo scenes, a rewind mechanic to watch it all, the color coded silhouettes & plenty of environmental storytelling elements all develop the characters in such a minimalistic but deeply engaging style to create a lovely story. Also, a small detail I loved: whenever the protagonist needs to write something or initiate a command on the holographic operating system, they use sign language instead of a floating keyboard and it looks incredible.

Reviewed on Feb 27, 2024


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