{"id":7324,"date":"2015-01-28T08:38:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T00:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.justcharlie.com\/?p=7324"},"modified":"2019-04-28T15:31:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T07:31:25","slug":"gone-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justcharlie.com\/gone-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Review: &#8220;Gone Home&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\" style=\"max-width:50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.justcharlie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gonehome-300x161.png\" alt=\"Gone Home\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In <em>Gone Home<\/em>, the year is 1995 and you play Katie, the youngest\u00a0daughter of the Greenbriar family. You&#x27;ve returned\u00a0home after a year studying abroad in Europe only to\u00a0discover that\u00a0your family&#x27;s mansion\u00a0is mysteriously empty. On a dark and stormy night, you enter the house and begin piecing together what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gone Home is a first-person &quot;story exploration game&quot; about discovering the truth behind your missing family. The truth of the mystery is revealed through exploration of the house and discovering clues within it. It is a highly unconventional and emotional journey, more so than almost any game I&#x27;ve experienced before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gone Home is as experimental as it has been successful, winning multiple Game of the Year awards and being called a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2013\/8\/15\/4620172\/gone-home-review-if-these-walls-could-talk\"><em>&quot;masterclass in how to tell a personal, affecting story in a video game.&quot;<\/em><\/a>\u00a0I agree with that statement and\u00a0found this to be one of the most emotionally engaging video games I&#x27;ve ever played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gone Home Trailer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\">\n    <div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x5KJzLsyfBI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blissfully Unconventional<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the gaming industry, the words <em>first person<\/em> are always succeeded by the word <em>shooter<\/em>, but not in this\u00a0case. Within the first person genre, it defies all conventions. I would love to go into greater detail about what this\u00a0game <em>is<\/em> instead of what it&#x27;s not, but that would risk revealing the surprise. There are no experience points to gather, nor abilities\u00a0to unlock. There&#x27;s a mansion to explore on a stormy night, filled with mysteries and clues. It is brooding and atmospheric, but not any other\u00a0game that I&#x27;ve played before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.justcharlie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TVRoom2013.jpg\" alt=\"Gone Home screenshot\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, because Gone Home eschews so many conventions of video games, it often feels more like an interactive book than it does a video game. It&#x27;s entirely story driven and there is virtually no gameplay to speak of. But the game is fundamentally about being a teenager and the life experience that that comes with: in this game, principally the desire for acceptance and fear of alienation, and complicated relationships with family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of the most fulfilling games that I have played and I wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone. It can be finished in about two hours, and there is no reason to not play this game, especially since it runs on Mac and PC. I haven&#x27;t had a Windows computer in years, so this is a big deal for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The success that Gone Home has achieved renews my confidence in a future\u00a0that includes games as a legitimate art form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rating:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.justcharlie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5stars.gif\" alt=\"5 Stars\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/232430\/\">Gone Home on Steam<\/a>, available on Mac &amp; Windows<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gone Home is one of the best games that I have ever played. 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