Comment on Umurangi Generation - Capturing the Apocalypse
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I mostly disregarded the gameplay (aka grading of pictures) and just considered it an exploration game: find the locations and also the environmental storytelling bits. And I highly enjoyed it for that.
I sadly was spoiled regarding the story, so I didn’t have that “wait, what exactly is happening here?” Moment. But nonetheless, the atmosphere really fits its name and considering how the real life is going, I sadly predict it’s going to be more and more relevant. But same as you, the last level hit me hard. I consider it good game design, that the game really trained you well, so I immediately understood what I needed to do to end the game. And it kinda felt natural, because it is the only thing left to do at that moment.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Fair enough. While it doesn’t really affect the game I decided to mention the grading system since it’s pretty much a part of the photography loop. As much as I would like to say otherwise, I still have a problem with not being able to completely disregard scoring systems in games. It’s especially weird since I don’t really care about them post the summary screen. I don’t go back to improve the score, brag about it or anything like that. I agree that the exploration approach is the best way to go about the game.
I was really surprised with how much the second part of the game made the whole thing work for me. Early on I thought it was fun and had some interesting lore but that was about it, something was still missing. Only after things really got going everything clicked into place and I started to fully appreciate everything before and after that point. I wasn’t spoiled but I did expect something like that to happen. What I didn’t expect was for the game to just go all in like it did.
That’s really the core of what I like about indie games - they can be janky, ugly and broken but when they work, they can make for some truly great experiences.