
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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Chill and relaxing
IT WAS SO GOOD AND SO SAD, I LOVED IT SM!
It really needs/needed save states. The description says it can be completed in 15-30 minutes in a single sitting, but I had to get up and was unfortunately gone for half an hour, almost doubling my playtime, which annoys me. It is also frustrating that even when holding down the button to sprint (which grows physically tiring and means your thumb can't use the stick to control the camera), your movement speed is incredibly slow. I understand that from an artistic standpoint this is to [spoiler]contrast with a faster movement speed later, when you get the bike[/spoiler], but it makes walking around the big yard sections excruciatingly dull, and it is the reason I decided not to go back and 100% the achievements. However, I really enjoyed the atmosphere and story. Strongly calls to mind Gone Home, though of course on a much smaller and short scale. The voice acting is very good. And as someone born and raised in the south, the visuals in particular felt very real and true to life to me. I also managed to grab this on sale for a mere 59 cents, so it was an excellent value! I enjoyed it far more than The First Tree.
A short (took me about an hour to get all achievements) but immersive and for me at least, a somehow relaxing experience (despite its story, I just like being around some trees) that decently succeeded in putting me into the shoes of its main character. 7/10
Very cool and well made game. The atmosphere is insane with song choice, graphics and story lines. For its price surely worth it. All the achievments are more than easy and entertaining, collected them with ease. Vibe+ game, absolutly recomend, will improve your day after playing!
TLDR: "A game that should be free" I got this game after playing the very cool demo "We Harvest Shadows" by the same developer. I wanted to see some early work he did. He sure has come a long way. Positives: I did like the environment (non-graphically). It reminded of the small town I grew up in. I also liked the narrator's voice; it was nice and fitting to the story and setting. The music (without the triggering) was good as well) Negatives. The game looks ands feel very dated. It also had two stutters on my 5080. That shouldn't happen as I can play max on any game with my setup. The game is very short and honestly it not really even a game as it lacks any story that matters or is of substance. The music also goes in and out triggered by certain areas and to be honest, it's really annoying. It just needs to be in the background playing all the time. Lastly, the biggest issue. This game literally made my stomach hurl from the motion sickness. I have only had that in a few games and this game was one of the worst. In conclusion, this is a thumbs down for me. Developer, just put this free. I got this less than a dollar and still feel cheated. I walked in wanting an asmr experience but got no feels at all playing this and I played quit a few asmr type walking simulators. With that bad motion sickness it gave me, this game is in never play again vault and will stay that way. If it ever goes free, give it a whirl Otherwise, nah.
Не советую покупать! Дешевая пародия на Дженни Каррен и ее воспоминаний из фильма "Форрест Гамп". Чисто бродилка с отрывками воспоминаний. Если брать, то только по ультра мега акции и то ради ачивок. Самой игре 1/10.
Great audio, visuals and storyline, but overall, found the game very boring. Used a walkthgough to get all achievements, just to avoid a replay of this game.
Wonderfully made story. I hope we get to see more of this character outside of this game and The First Tree.
Nettes Spiel für Zwischendurch, mehr nicht.
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