Here is another minimalist emotional indie adventure game. Many games like this have been made, and I've only played a few of them, but I've usually enjoyed them. Arise is no exception.

My enjoyment was enhanced by viewing the game with my virtual reality headset. The UEVR injector works like a charm with this game's simplified art-style, avoiding the dire performance woes of the more photo-real looking games. The Spaniards who made Arise knew how to pull of some very nice and creative visual effects with the Unreal Engine 4.

The gameplay continuously morphs and evolves throughout the game, with most levels having a new mechanic that interacts with the main mechanic: moving time forwards and backwards. These are used to solve puzzles and to do the platforming. I had some frustrating moments with the controls that made for aggravating platforming deaths, but the checkpoints are placed very frequently.

I finished the game in five or six hours, but I went back to replay each level to do the challenge achievements. I replayed it on my monitor, which allowed me to confirm what I had suspected during my first playthrough in VR: the camera moves along predefined paths and angles. The player is not supposed to have direct control over the camera. I was kind of cheating on finding the collectibles because I could freely move my head and look all around the levels. Subtract 1 from my Perfect Games count if you think this was cheating.

The story here is indeed simple, so there's no need for me to talk about it much. I just don't like it when stories pretend like a couple can only ever conceive one child, and if that one dies, it's all over. Genetic Death Has Come. Since that is how this story ends, whatever emotions we felt during the journey are pointless. This married couple chose to live as hermits. They die and leave no legacy that endures beyond their isolated, self-centered little lives. A better story could have been found in struggles of the the migrating tribes, but that would probably have been a complicated story.

I looked at what else the developer, Piccolo Studio, has made. "After Us" is a game that takes place in a setting I absolutely despise:

"Explore the corners of a surrealistic post-human world to give life on Earth a second chance in this touching story about sacrifice and hope."

https://eo.steamhost.cc/app/1406810/After_Us/
I've explained why I hate the concept of "post-human" settings in other Steam reviews and I won't digress into it here. But I may still buy After Us as more fodder for UEVR. I trust these developers to deliver on interesting puzzle/platformer gameplay and wonderous visuals with Unreal Engine 4.

girl game good

Very adorable and heartwarming story. Especially the ending, I truly believe there couldn't be a better ending than this one.

At first, I hesitated to buy it because I found some reviews describing about glitches, like "the grapple hook is not working" or "It's impossible to beat the game with a keyboard" however, I didn't experience any of those issues.
While playing on 60% keyboard was challenging, it was definitely not impossible.
If i had to say, my only complaint is the co-op achievement. Since I don't have extra controller/keyboard, I can't get 100% completion, which is a bit disappointing.

Overall, this game is one of the best game I've ever played. I hope more people would play this game.