The First Tree

I would slightly recommend this game, but it won't be for everyone, since it is mostly about the story and there is very little gameplay. It is a slow walking simulator, where you explore a world as a fox. There are items semi-hidden throughout the world and you will hear dialogue upon finding them. This tells a touching story about the characters' relationship with their parents. The background music is very pretty and soothing and is one of the stronger points of the game. The world is pretty to look at but not stunningly beautiful, nor does it have a super unique art style like i.e. the Meadow/Shelter games. But when it comes to gameplay and exploration the game falls a bit short. You can collect stars and they are often placed near objects that trigger the storybeats, but they are often far apart. Your walking speed is not very fast and it is not always super clear where you have to go to, so it feels like you are playing a walking simulator without direction. Sometimes there are huge open areas, where you would expect hidden collectibles/stars but then there is nothing. And sometimes there are hillsides that you can partially climb but it's not clear if there could actually be content there or if you are nearing an out-of-bounds area. There are a few jumping puzzles and they are trivially easy. I started a new game and it turned out that previous progress isn't saved. So that means finding all 150 stars and secrets will have to be done in single playthrough, if you are going for the achievements. There is no indication in-game showing you if you have found everything in the current stage, so getting all would involve repetitive exploration. It is probably not worth it for me. Tl;dr: It's relaxing a walking simulator with a touching story. The game looks pretty and has nice music. There is a lot of downtime between the story beats and getting all collectibles is tedious.

Si lo hago yo estaría orgulloso, pero no es el caso. Nos cuenta la vida del autor del juego y su remordimiento al no haber podido despedirse bien de su padre difunto. Pero el gameplay es terrible, en todo, con un mapa innecesariamente grande para nada.

本来不想给好评的，追所有兔子的成就也太没必要了（对于中小体量的游戏，我是全成就党……但对于此游戏我放弃了全成就），地图做得太大，玩法又有点枯燥，建模又不够精细，更糟糕的是作者的free talk居然没字幕……但是在打完游戏的好多天后，早上我醒来几个字突然浮现在我脑海“狐死首丘”，我突然悟了为什么这部游戏要叫《第一棵树》，狐狸死亡前走向一棵树，也许就是它的出生地、它此生见到的第一棵树……生命就是这样轮回，周而复始……

Not quite sure what I expected, but this was not it. Boring af, annoying controls, the narrator was telling a boring story, and the background music was annoying as well, and there was no setting to turn it off that I could find. Was not the cozy game that I thought, maybe more fit for someone at around 8 years old or less

I get it, the first tree is all about the experience. There are a couple of wonderfull moments. You'll feel that the game was created with a lot of love. In the end, the poor game mechanics and the roughness around the edges won't be what you'll remember about it. PS: There's a Fox!!

Рекомендую. И судя по отзывам, думаю, зайдёт не всем. В игре нет экшена, тут слушать надо, вникать, проводить паралели и делать выводы. Взялся за её прохождение очень вовремя т.к. совпали настроение и жизненный период. Из минусов отмечу скудные настройки (банально сделать тише музыку) и хотелось бы пепревод финального текста, показать его дольше или сохранить где-то. Я не успел прочитать его полностью. Но это не критично, учитывая на какие мысли или даже дейсвия может направить игра в процессе.

Beautiful Game and Story

Im Angebot geholt, ewig gewartet bevor ich es angerührt habe und wurde nicht enttäuscht. Sehr kurzes aber emotionales Spiel. 10/10 would cry again

If you like story narrated games and walking sims

走路模拟器，故事也没什么吸引力