Gone Home

Tried out this new game called 'Gone Home', basic premise is that the player returns home after a few years away, only to find the home empty, with a note on the door from the player's sister.

I initially thought it would be a horror/suspense type of game, but turns out to the anything but. The house itself is pretty well realised; the requirements seem pretty high, as the framerate isn't too good even when the textures look splotchy in places. And here i have a rig which is supposed to run bf3 at ultra and it can't render the interior of the house sheesh. Poor engine?

Anyway, graphics aside, the audio is pretty good too, there is the constant patter of rainfall in the background and occasional bouts of lightning and thunder, so creeping around the house has that added edge to it.... I tell ya, if they placed something to scare you suddenly, i would have fallen out of my seat!

The game itself consists of finding certain items to solve a few basic puzzles and advance the story, which i guess is pretty interesting. Bad thing is, once you've found out what happened... The game ends... Whua? I took at most an hour and a half to 2 hours for this game...

Anyway, worth a try, but definately not something you'd replay unless you like traipsing around creepy mansions!