Disclaimer: This game is in no way related to The Honeymooners or using colorful metaphors for the notion of beating your wife.
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A.K.A. A GAME THAT MOVED ME TO TEARS
All though I have a preference for simple arcade style games, I don’t dislike stories in video games. I just feel unless the gameplay and story actually compliment each other, one will end up detracting from the other. That, and I am notoriously difficult to please when it comes to video games, for some reason.
But I don’t mind a good story in video game form. In fact, I actually prefer it when a “game” just skips the game part and focuses on the story when that’s the main draw. I guess cutting the “game” part out of a “video game” is a hard thing to do. It’s right there in the name, and I don’t think we’ll be getting a new term for the medium anytime soon.
Still, there’s no reason you can’t tell a good story in video game form, and I feel that’s exactly what Freebird Games has done with their title, To the Moon. It’s a very touching story about a man’s life told with a clever framing device. I found it to be a very emotional and engrossing journey. It’s not really a “game” though, but it’s definitely something special.
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