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So, my friend The Jenna had an extra copy of To the Moon that she got from a Humble Indie Bundle a little while ago, and she passed it along to me. I kind of accepted it sight unseen because nobody else seemed interested and I was like, hey, free game. I played it for a little while before I Google'd it and discovered that it won a shitload of awards.
Let's see, actually. It was made in RPG Maker XP and, no shit, won Best indie RPG of 2011. Its reviews are generally excellent. It beat Portal 2, Catherine, and Xenoblade Chronicles for Best Story. It was nominated for significantly more.
Look, I played it. It took like, 3 hours. It was okay. It was only okay because it was so short, really. It wasn't great. It wasn't even especially good. It wasn't even really a game. The only way it was similar to an RPG is that it was made using RPG Maker. If the dialogue was written into a book, nobody would read it. To compare it to Portal 2 is an embarrassment.
Best Story? Really? Man, have you guys ever read any books at all? In 2011, is this the game that we all looked at and decided was going to represent the peak of our video game storytelling capacities for that year?
It was more like an interactive novella, and in that regards it served to pass a little time in a kind of unremarkable way. I'm not really hating on the game. I guess I'm hating on the player.
Let's see, actually. It was made in RPG Maker XP and, no shit, won Best indie RPG of 2011. Its reviews are generally excellent. It beat Portal 2, Catherine, and Xenoblade Chronicles for Best Story. It was nominated for significantly more.
Look, I played it. It took like, 3 hours. It was okay. It was only okay because it was so short, really. It wasn't great. It wasn't even especially good. It wasn't even really a game. The only way it was similar to an RPG is that it was made using RPG Maker. If the dialogue was written into a book, nobody would read it. To compare it to Portal 2 is an embarrassment.
Best Story? Really? Man, have you guys ever read any books at all? In 2011, is this the game that we all looked at and decided was going to represent the peak of our video game storytelling capacities for that year?
It was more like an interactive novella, and in that regards it served to pass a little time in a kind of unremarkable way. I'm not really hating on the game. I guess I'm hating on the player.
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