After Life - Story of a Father

This title is not as much of a game as it is an interactive story. The mechanics are rather simple, as a disembodied soul you float around different areas and look for places that trigger memories that help you experience the life of the protagonist, Rick. The plot is fairly simple and does not take too many twists and turns, although I don't think that was the intention. This type of storytelling is more about finding intrigue and interest in the mundane. It would be the same experience as going through the personal items of a long deceased relative and piecing together the type of person they were. If you ever played the game Sarena, this game is very similar and has about the same design and mechaincs with more locations. The graphics on the first couple of levels are beautiful and match the mood of the story. The later levels could use a little more polish. The layout of the areas make logical sense, but you are quite aware you are playing a computer game and that fact brea...

Good game did a video on it. Its pretty fun

I can't recommend this game in it's current state. There are many factors holding this title back honestly. Upon starting the game, I was met with the Settings menu , particularly the graphics settings. I chose Titan where as I have a specific machine for high end experiences and enviorments. Upon getting on with the game, the graphics are cartoonish at best and not what I was expecting. The feel is too much of one that the developer created this title as a personal project, but not with a lot of forethought or care. Many of the assets in the game tied in with the movement are simply props that are non collision (phantom based) and make them more of an afterthought in feel. The movement UI itself is fine but very unintuitive at times. The worst part I suppose, is the story and voice actors. I was not convinced in many cases to the subject matters brought up in the memories presented (one character protests doing something, but I really didn't feel their urgency in something that th...

This game doesn't make any sense.

There seems little point berating a single Irish developer now down on his luck ( https://www.facebook.com/GreenSawdust/ ) as the company has been forced to close its doors for good for not being able to pay the tax revenues. The death of the game and the need to move on is somewhat an ironic portrayal of the themed message being hammered constantly throughout the game. Rick Dennehy a boring family man died prematurely ... whatever that means, and is now in limbo as a soul being guided by another soul tour guide named Gavin who likes to say the name 'Rick' a hell of a lot. To move out of limbo Rick needs to 'want' to move on so he is granted soul existence on Earth to collect memories of the past and the present. Seriously this is your concocted up view of the afterlife? Garden manure is not good enough for you? Emotional investment in the characters was absolutely zero for me. 1) This character Rick and his family was boring. Nothing interesting was happening, they were all talking ...

This is a game where you play as your spirit, soul, what have you, you are dead but you weren't supposed to die yet so you have to go back and discover and listen to your memories. Yea. The game has terrible voice acting which left me unmoved in any manner, left me unconvinced emotionally, so I couldn't really attach myself to the story, which is what this game is supposed to do. It's mostly about story, and it is presented in a walking simulator format. The graphics are terrible which is a huge negative, it is a walking simulator, one of the things you have to nail is a world that is pretty to look at. The soundtrack is in the same realm as most other walking simulator type games, not bad, not great, just... the norm. I played it for 20 minutes before I quit so I can't go super in-depth about the entire game. In short it is an ugly walking simulator with bad voice acting that is unable to convince you. I don't recommend this to anyone, but I wish the developer good luck in their...

Can't so much say this was a game per se as there was very little, almost no, actual gaming to it. Interesting enough storyline and pretty good voice acting, but there was just so little to do and so much time to just sit around waiting for dialogue to pass. I can't say I enjoyed it very much.

A very athmospherical, story based experience. I highly recommend if you enjoy a good story.

[b]After Life - Story of a Father[/b] is a beautiful experience. Its not so much a game as a thought provoking exploration of how we come to terms with the loss of a loved one. Told from the point of view of Rick, a father who has died suddenly, we follow along on his journey as he remembers significant moments in his family's lives, and witness how each of them deal with his loss. This is an emotional story that is told in a sensitive and thoughtful way. It is incredibly well written and acted, and the music and visuals are really well done. Highly recommended.