Tom KitchenMay 17, 2017$1.99View on Steam ↗

EMPORIUM

Emporium is a short interactive vignette. Exploring notions of escapism, loss and a fragmented sense of self in the wake of a personal tragedy.

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$4.3K

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3.3K

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141

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70%

7.0/10

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Emporium is a short interactive vignette. Exploring notions of escapism, loss and a fragmented sense of self in the wake of a personal tragedy.

These pockets of dissonant clarity are a vain effort to find beauty, poetry and reason in one's bleakest and most desperate moments.

Emporium is a small game lasting roughly 30 to 45 minutes. It has a minimal approach to game play, focusing on visuals and audio to build a visceral experience with sporadic dialogue choices leading the narrative.

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Not recommended1h played1 found helpfulMar 2020

Oh my god, this game sucks. It made me so angry the entire time I was playing. It actually started out pretty well. I was intrigued. Was this boy attacked? Murdered? Did he come back from the dead? But then it went downhill fast. After playing through, I get what message the game was going for, but it was just so poorly executed. The only part I really connected with was the dollhouse scene and the display of the child hiding under the kitchen table. I kept thinking, when the hell is this going to end? I even replayed it a few times to see if I was just being harsh on my first run... Nope, still hated it. Especially the walking pace. Normally slow walking in games doesn’t bother me, I love walking sims! But here? I legit sat and watched my character stroll for ten minutes straight with nothing happening. Come on. There are tons of reviews claiming the negative ones are from people the game “wasn’t made for.” Well, this game was made for me. I adore philosophical, atmospheric indie walking sims. I’ve played tons and love them. But this one? Nope. Game Rating: 1/5 (I’ll give credit for the art style, but that’s about it.) EDIT: Came back after 3 years just to grab the last achievements. I hate unfinished games sitting on my account. The opening quote screen froze for ten entire minutes (yes, I counted), and no amount of clicking or button mashing moved it along. I tried reopening the game multiple times, no dice. Then the store page wouldn’t load at all, stuck on a blank Steam blue screen like it didn’t exist. Eventually, I gave up and had to use a Steam achievement manager just to unlock the achievements. Ugh.

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Mr. Shadow	$4.3K	50	82%	$4.99
Into Blue Valley	$4.3K	50	48%	$4.99
Fuhrer in LA - Special Edition	$4.3K	102	93%	$1.99
GO AWAY, THERE'S KUMIS OVER THERE!	$4.3K	237	75%	$0.79
ToriDori 2	$4.3K	82	94%	$3.34
Algo Bot	$4.2K	188	82%	$1.49

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