What Remains of Edith Finch
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Touching, sad, and brilliant; a story worth forgiving the limited interactivity to experience.
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Though it only took me just under two hours to complete, the second the credits stopped rolling I immediately restarted What Remains of Edith Finch. Each of the vignettes is so distinct and surprising that I didn't have enough time to absorb and dissect what I had just played before being whisked away to the next one. But after fully piecing together the threads of the family and sifting through the allegories of their final moments, I was left with a beautiful, heartbreaking mosaic that exudes life, even when mired in death.
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An elegiac, memorable and affecting tale of the misfortunes suffered by the members of a deeply eccentric family.
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A compelling story well told, and although it's still not very interactive the variety and artfulness of the presentation feels like something only a video game could do.
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The diversity in the Finches' final moments means you've always got another cool story just around the corner, and Edith's personal journey is also interesting
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Giant Sparrow's follow-up to The Unfinished Swan is a beautifully melancholy collection of parables.
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What Remains of Edith Finch is beautiful and bittersweet
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Even as I rolled my eyes at the chilchéd final moments, as the credits rolled, I found myself remembering the dark, cluttered halls of the Finch house, and the way the game denied me closure on every mystery they may contain.
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By the end of What Remains of Edith Finch, I felt close to the Finch family. I felt close in a way that only games could articulate with their unique interactive language. I was a kid on a swing, trying to get as high as he can. I was a baby in a bathtub. I was a curious, hungry kid. What Remains of Edith Finch doesn't just tell you about the tragic history of the Finch family, it allows you to embody it.
