Whispers from Within: Moving On

[h1]Experienced on Windows Mixed Reality[/h1] You can view my review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/2Rh0n2RFvW4 I'm giving this a neutral recommendation. I would describe this as a walking simulator / exploration game. It sort of reminded me of Gone Home ... a poor man's Gone Home. There just isn't much depth here. While the game is narrative driven, the narrative is paper thin. Really, it's mostly finding keys to unlock doors or finding hidden picture frames to place in a container. I found the core gameplay loop to be tedious and uninspired. A good walking simulator will have simple, but meaningful interactions that make you feel like part of the story. Looking for the hidden keys / picture frames just makes you want to get out ASAP. The best part of this experience is actually the two mini-episodes playing on the TVs in VR. Warning: one of them only plays half of it and after you advance the game, you can see the second half of the episode. So be careful to watch both halve...

For the first 5 minutes I didn't like this game. I didn't know what I was supposed to do and the house environment seemed so bare. But the game kind of led me around and dropped some breadcrumbs that kind of made it feel like I was exploring on my own, but I knew what I was doing after about 10 minutes and I felt like I figured it out. There's more than meets the eye to the game, and it feels more like some kind of "VR visual novel" than a game. The story short and emotional, so be prepared for that, but it's got kind of an eerie supernatural sense to it, but nothing as straightforward as ghosts or monsters. - I got one of two possible endings, somehow I made a choice in the game that I didn't even realize was a choice. At only 30 minutes, maybe I'll play it again and look for places to make different decisions. Overall, not too bad for $2.

Really haunting (and moving) game. Gameplay itself is pretty punishing (hidden object & endlessly trying doors and drawers), but the atmosphere and enigma of it kept me interested. 40 minutes long.

Doesn't work on index at this point. Looks cool though