Everybody's Gone To The Rapture

[Benji]

Anyone got this yet? I'm contemplating buying it and have heard mostly really good, but a little mixed reviews. How fetch quest based is it? That was my biggest concern.

[Arjen Robben]

As I understand fetch quests, there aren't any at all. In terms of interaction and traditional gameplay mechanics there's not much of it. Essentially, you're wandering through a village finding things that basically serve the same purpose as audiologs in other games, but in a more visual (and still in some cases audio) way, and you piece together the story yourself as you move through the place. The world and the soundtrack are beautiful though. I really liked it, but I think it's definitely a more love it or hate it game, don't expect much of an actual "game" though.

[Benji]

Ah that's cool, that's more what I was expecting, but I read about people being annoyed they couldn't run because of distances/backtracking (which they apparently can do, the game just accidentally missed off the instruction on how).

[Arjen Robben]

Yeah, I think the case is also that it's not noticeable immediately because I think you get faster over time if you hold R2. Although there are certain instances where it seems to slow you down as a deliberate choice to have you move at a that speed, like in some interiors but otherwise it's not too bad.

Here's a clip from when I was playing, that I think gives a pretty good idea of what it's like.

[DavidMarrio]

I've only played a little bit of it, I don't know what to think.

If you're expecting a game then I think you'll be disappointed. But if you're interested in knowing the story of what has happened and the people involved then I think people will enjoy it.

[brenchill]

If you're expecting a game then I think you'll be disappointed. 

Guess there will be a lot of disappointed people then.

[Chris2K]

After playing it with a bit more patience I found it quite enjoyable, the story itself was very well done in the sense that I was always wanting to find out more. Some of the heavy moments were incredibly emotional once I'd got invested in things, although I did miss one of the big moments as I hadn't realised that following the light made things easier.

The only thing is that I found myself questioning whether £12.49 is a fair price tag for a game you can really only play once and doing so requires a lot of patience. I've kind of come to the conclusion that it's not so I'd advise people to wait for a bit for the price to decrease, or even until the likely time it's a free PS+ game.