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6About The Beginner's Guide
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
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- Adventure
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This work is monumental
This work is monumental. I didn't know what to expect when I started playing. I bought the game because I enjoyed Stanley Parable. I just bought this, without hesitation. I didn't even look at the store page untill after I finished the game. At no point during this whole thing did I know what to expect. After the end, I'm still not sure what to expect... I'm puzzled. I remember thinking that it doesn't make sense for this thing to have a pricetag. Everyone should have this, play this, experience this. But maybe not. They wouldn't get it. Not the way I do. Not in the exact way I do. I guess I don't get it. I was brought to tears by this thing. I feel like... I feel things. I'm rethinking things. This is not your everyday game experience. Maybe I'm overselling it. Maybe I shouldn't write this. Maybe I'm ruining it for someone with this. Maybe I'm being too presumptious. This.. thing. It made me rethink everything I thought I knew about making games. I so desperately want to make games. I just don't.. I haven't really looked at games from these perspectives. I dabble. But not in the ways described here. I want to know more. More about this world. The world of this person. Well done. Hats off to you. I guess I shouldn't post this, but... then again. Maybe no one will read it.
- Graphics4.0
- Gameplay4.0
- Story3.5
- Value4.0
I just finished my first play through of this game
I just finished my first play through of this game. I'm having some trouble coming up with what to say about it. Let's go ahead and look at things I felt during this game, because I think that's the kind of game this is. It's out there to make you feel something. I felt curious, intrigued, puzzled, confused, worried, guilty, nauseous, desperately lonely, depressed... I felt unreachable. For someone who struggles with depression and social anxiety this game really hit me hard. I'm uncomfortable. I want to cry. The level in which you back away from the stage.... and the floating island... and taking shots at the machine... This game has the ability to move you to your core. I've never worried about "triggers", but if I did... I'd put labels all over this one. Most of all I feel like... I'm glad I've played it. Not many things in this format can stir such an intense emotional reaction. It's almost the feeling I get after finishing a really good book. It's an emotional hangover of sorts. I'm going to go take a bath, get some hot chocolate and a blanket... and cry. I'm going to wallow in my loneliness for a while because the sadness provide a beautiful striking contrast to my good days.
- Graphics4.5
- Gameplay4.0
- Story4.0
- Value4.0
I found this game after discovering Pirate Soft
I found this game after discovering Pirate Soft. I think this guy is incredibly wise. He said that despite the game being only an hour and a half long. Costs $10. He still loved this game to death. I immediately impulse purchased the game and played through it. And yes, this game is 10$. And yes, this game is a walking simulator. And yes, this game is only an hour and a half long. And yes, I still recommend it.
- Graphics4.5
- Gameplay4.5
- Story4.5
- Value4.0
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