
Take on Henry David Thoreau’s classic adventure in living simply in nature as you explore this epic open world game based on the story of Thoreau’s life in the woods alone at Walden Pond.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $9.99 | 117reviews | 84% | — | $17K |
| $9.99 | 169ratings | 80% | — | not modelled | |
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The writings of Henry David Thoreau are elegantly incorporated into this beautiful walking simulator. The world of Walden Lake and its environs (including Concord and Emerson’s house!) is a joy to wander around. This is a game about looking, and really seeing, and about the relationship between walking and thinking. It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s changed the way I’ll look at the natural world: I long to know the names of every tree, plant and natural phenomena I see. Alas, pent up in the city, as I am, I don’t see much, but the sight of a flower peeping up from concrete is a richer balm to me now. It’s perhaps ironic that it’s a piece of electronic technology that’s instigated this desire to reconnect to the natural world, to notice more deeply the changing seasons and our lost place in complex ecosystems. In terms of gameplay, you play as Thoreau during his year in the woods (although the game allows you to stay beyond the year he spent there). You walk around the gorgeous lake - the art is stunningly beautiful, every screenshot I took is like a Dutch Golden Age landscape - and listen to his writings (the voice acting is superb). There’s also some light crafting and farming, activities which help establish a rhythm to life in the woods. The game also acts as a kind of introduction to, and (auto)biography of Thoreau. It all feels like it’s been immaculately researched. I love this game very much, and will return to these woods whenever the city has got too much for me. There’s so much more to say about this game, but I’ll stop here. PS I’d never read Walden; or, Life in the Woods before, but I will be soon.
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| $9.99 |
| 159ratings |
| 84% |
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| not modelled |
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An existential and literally masterpiece. This is a story of a two year recluse of Thoreau. It is a bit grindy (game has some survival elements like gathering food, repairing shelter, gathering wood) however the main focus is on the exploration of the nature in the search of literally inspiration. During exploration you build a story, it is based on the elements of nature or adventures you have encountered. Wherever you go somewhere or look at, the journal will be different. There are also a lot of letters being exchanged between various literary characters as Waldo Emerson or Thoreau including Nathaniel Hawthorne. I would recommend this for every one looking for existential and deeply relaxing experience. Also fans of XIX century literature will not be disappointed. Especially this game will make you familiar with the life and creations of Thoreau. There are some bugs though - in some cases there are small graphical glitches where user seems to be jumping above trees. Fortunately I never got stuck anywhere and could easily enjoy the experience.
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☑ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☑ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
I enjoy this game a lot. Just got started in it today. The scenery in it is beautiful. The achievements in it are not too hard that I cannot progress. I also like the sounds in it. There are a lot sounds of wild birds especially that I really like. I think this will be a game that I will go back to when I want to relax.
lovely game
it not gud
meditative and gentle. Love how reading is incorporated into the game. Certain things are annoying in traditional game sense, but to remove them is to lose the spirit of HDT. Turns out living in a cabin (no matter how often your mum does your washing for you) is still quite hard.
After many times reading Henry's works it was such a pleasure to experience Walden mixed with the scenery and music the the area I have visited several times. No doubt this is a game for Thoreau enthusiastic as well a a helpful tool for teacher's trying to explain his Majesty as well as his never ending insights. GET THIS GAME.
Walden has a great theme, story and artwork. I found it difficult to figure out how to keep Thoreau fed, warm, clothed and sheltered, while trying to accomplish all of the other tasks. I finally figured everything out the day before his experiment ended. Now, I can't work on the tasks and it keeps asking if I want to leave the woods. I guess that is how it ends. A bit disappointing.
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