HARTS ISLAND

眼睛看花了

Where do I even begin. This is a game that drags itself out at excruciating length. It's a hour long game where for 10 minutes you will be somewhat entertained and the other time you will be holding the W key as stock ambiance blares in your ears. There are no sliders for audio leaving the sound poorly balanced, which hinders the game's ONLY narrative and intrigue. All the while it's filled with faulty collision, copy and paste models that are poorly rendered, and a couple areas to simply soft lock leaving you to do it ALL over again with its lack of save function. But no worries, you then get the pleasure of holding W all over again.

This is a very niche game, and is a walking simulator. I may replay this some other time. It's simple in it's approach, and I still wonder what it is. You're on an island obviously, but the audio tracks and the assets used/created set some type of story. People will relate and interpret this in their own way. And here's how I took it: [spoiler] Hart is a famous actor in some capacity, practicing lines for some greater show. He refers to his wife and a person named Morty (from what I heard/understood) But the key was, Hart must have enjoyed his life to some degree, analyzing it from monument to monument. And the towers that showed up near the end makes me believe he died in the twin towers. I could be wrong, but who knows. Extremely original, metaphorical, and expressive. Really great little game, and props to the creator. [/spoiler]