Posted March 09, 2015
PabloEscobar
The Architect
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From Finland
Sachys
Woodie Guthrie's Guitar!
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Ominousrobot
obsolete
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From New Zealand
Posted March 09, 2015
WildHobgoblin: Well, tastes differ, and that's fine with me. It just didn't resonate with me as much as I would have liked. The story of the uncle was quite interesting (other people had to put the clues together for me, I wasn't even close to putting all the pieces together). Other than that... I felt there wasn't too much to it. And I found the ending somewhat lacking.
But I'm sure you have your reasons for feeling differently.
LinustheBold: I answered stg83 separately, so perhaps you'll see that post. The uncle thing is important because (for me at least) it is the key to understanding what the game is doing: telling stories by accretion, hinting at secrets that will not, in the end, be revealed. It's history, and we're walking through it, and it's always just beyond our grasp. But I'm sure you have your reasons for feeling differently.
Gone Home subverts the medium, and junks all the expectations we bring to a computer game. There's not a single revelation, until the very final moment. The Sam thing that is often mistaken for a plot revelation is actually incidental, just as important as the reason the mother's drive to work is a factor in the family's happiness, just as important as the reason the parents aren't home on the night the game takes place. It's all there in the house, in the small corners and in the diary memories, all vague, all unformed. The locked doors and lock combinations are conventions of the genre that they use to tell a small, human story, rather than a grand glorious one.
It's fine, of course, if that wasn't there for you, or if you aren't interested in it. But I found real power in the quiet stories left in fragments through the dark empty house.
+1 to you sir
Crewdroog
Land Shark
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bugamn
"title"
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ElTerprise
Registered: May 2011
From Germany
jackster79
JaKeane4Evr!
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Grargar
Insert cat to continue
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From Greece
Posted March 09, 2015
Fresh deal: Cognition: Game of the Year Edition (-80%) [200]
toxicTom
Big Daddy
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From Germany
mcleodone
insomniadamaged
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Crewdroog
Land Shark
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From United States
Posted March 09, 2015
They are for hire?? well then please give me their number, they did a great job and i'd like the full work up again. and maybe they'll give me that porridge recipe.
blakstar
ShadowKnows
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bugamn
"title"
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toxicTom
Big Daddy
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Ominousrobot
obsolete
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From New Zealand