Eternal Afternoon

What a sweet sweet game. A calm walking simulator where you can walk around the neighborhood before the world ends. Or is it? So much stuff is packed in this little gem. Secrets for you to discover, people to talk to, little moments from the past. And from the future. This game can be a walking sim; a first person shooter, a platformer, a metrioidbrainia, an ars-poetic reflection of video games, or a nostalgic reflection of life itself; if you want it to be. The amount of things to discover in this little neighborhood is immense. I got hooked from the first play until I uncovered everything.

One of the most special and unusual games that I played. It's a bit like groundhog day in the sense that you need to replay many times to figure out the next clue to continue. It's a game with Nostalgia, love, sadness and wondering about life. Short experience but well worth it.

Meh. It does evoke nostalgy and you can uncover hidden pieces in the housing courtyard area just as you would as if you were a kid. But then, after finishing the game you realize that just discovering random easter eggs is really all you can do since the main plot is not evolving or uncovering anything more, and is finished in few minutes. The trailer looks as if there were some interesting progression and innovative mechanics to get to the heart of something but the main "plot" is done fast and then the game relies on you replaying it over and over again, just wandering a sandbox world for secrets, without any sense of accomplishment or reward This had such potential to be developed better but i guess the creator has reached their gamedesign/writing limit and it's just like a demo tape of something rhat could've been. Really hoping BLOK will go out soon, maybe that one will have a good story progression/mechanics along with the nostalgia that it delivers.

I love how it captures the feeling of childhood in unexpected ways. For instance, the fact that the game is 20 minutes that start over and over again, really reminds me of old games that weren’t made to be epic adventures, but contained experiences that you play over and over and keep finding something new. It really brought back the genuine feeling of discovery you would get from a flash game or playing the PS1 without a memory card.

A beautifully rendered and originally conceived game! Great for 80s nostalgia, too.

10/10 would pet a cat at the end of the world again