Beautiful
Reviews for "Home Story: 1971"
Unlike other point and click adventures, tossing me around and expecting me to understand the tiny puzzles, or giving me needlessly complicated patterns that would just leave me checking the walk through every two and a half minutes, this was simple, yet lovable. I had a feeling something bad happened from the way the little dialogue that was delivered, and could tell the brother was dead before getting to the attic. Yet, even though it was known, I still wanted to see how it ended. Spoiler alert, by the way. The innocence of Jamie, and not knowing her brother Jack died at sea, was just so refreshing compared to other big title games trying to do the same thing but making it too artsy, and needlessly complicated. My only suggestions are this.
One: The monologue from the parents is slow, try just having the text appear, rather then individual letters coming up to help the pacing.
Two: The Simone Says game was a bit slow, I had to click around a bit before it registered it had to start.
Three: The pacing of the music in Jack's room is good, and while it gets across the message that the story is coming to a close, it doesn't feel as sad as the rest of the story does.
Overall, great short game, I really enjoyed it. Five Stars.
Oh my goodness, this game is beautiful. It reminds me of Flower in a way, but the story broke my heart and brought tears to my eyes. I loved it, there's nothing for me to say except make more!
I remember losing my sister. While she wasn't swept out to sea when she was 7, It happened just as suddenly after I'd had the priviledge to know and grow up with her for almost 15 years. She was one of my role models and at times, my best friend. She died from a possible epileptic shock on May the 24th 2014. It destroyed me. At times, it still hurts, the pain never fully goes away. Rather, it rears its head sometimes to remind me of its existence.
I want to cry, but I'm either too exhausted or reserved, I can't tell.
Life is full of pain, but there's also love and beauty. We only have to open our hearts to it, as cliche as it may sound.
Life goes on.
I'm still here.
I'm still alive, even though I may not feel it sometimes.
I still mature and change.
I only regret that my sister couldn't do the same.
Við sjáumst í Nangijala, Tinna.
Brilliant. Really moving. Thank you