Разработчик: Green Sawdust
Описание
You assume the role of Rick Dennehy, a family man who dies during the 90's, as he returns to earth to hear his life's events through the memories of his loved ones. The story revolves heavily around life and death as Rick discovers how his family saw him while he was still alive and how they coped with his death.
Discover how different kinds of people deal with the loss of a loved one.
Your goal is the story, not the challenge to experience it.
FEATURES
Simplified gameplay - take your own time to uncover the story.
Immersive story with memorable characters.
Captivating soundtrack composed by composer Neal Bond.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 32bit
- Processor: Intel i3 or AMD 3870 generation processors or higher
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Direct X 10.0 compliant video card with 1GB RAM (NVidia GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 6850)
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Additional Notes: A 5.1 headset is recommended, but not required. It enhances the experience.
- OS: Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: Intel (R) i7-6700 (or AMD equivalent)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (or AMD equivalent)
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Additional Notes: A 5.1 headset is recommended, but not required. It enhances the experience.
Linux
- OS: Windows 7 32bit
- Processor: Intel i3 or AMD 3870 generation processors or higher
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Direct X 10.0 compliant video card with 1GB RAM (NVidia GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 6850)
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Additional Notes: A 5.1 headset is recommended, but not required. It enhances the experience.
- OS: Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: Intel (R) i7-6700 (or AMD equivalent)
- Memory: 4 MB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (or AMD equivalent)
- Storage: 5 MB available space
- Additional Notes: A 5.1 headset is recommended, but not required. It enhances the experience.
Отзывы пользователей
There seems little point berating a single Irish developer now down on his luck ( https://www.facebook.com/GreenSawdust/ ) as the company has been forced to close its doors for good for not being able to pay the tax revenues.
The death of the game and the need to move on is somewhat an ironic portrayal of the themed message being hammered constantly throughout the game. Rick Dennehy a boring family man died prematurely ... whatever that means, and is now in limbo as a soul being guided by another soul tour guide named Gavin who likes to say the name 'Rick' a hell of a lot. To move out of limbo Rick needs to 'want' to move on so he is granted soul existence on Earth to collect memories of the past and the present. Seriously this is your concocted up view of the afterlife? Garden manure is not good enough for you?
Emotional investment in the characters was absolutely zero for me. 1) This character Rick and his family was boring. Nothing interesting was happening, they were all talking about humdrum daily stuff. Couldn't you have picked a more interesting character for subject? How about the head of the Yakuza family, or an atheist like Stephen Hawking free for once from his wheelchair, or a Siamese twin with suicidal issues. Point being anyone other than Rick, whose life was so free from turmoil that his life story could easily be used for sleep insomnia therapy.
Second the voice acting was abysmal. His daughters sounded like a eunuch being kicked in the nether region while reading a placard and the dog, oh boy, the dog sounded like his antidepressants aren't working and need to be doubled. It was just practically impossible to immerse yourself in the game with such tom foolery in the voice dubbing section.
Lastly, one of the biggest headaches for me was the tedious hard to find blinking mechanic of locating the memories. Searching around the hospital ward for pin sized memories or going on an endurance marathon through a Hugh Hefner sized mansion was paracetamol popping. Granted it’s free, granted many family and friends wrote a positive review for this game, granted many gamer's not related to the developer got extremely excited about this also. So what. That proves nothing. A senseless Labrador puppy gets excited over the smell of poop too. At the end of the day. None of the positive points saved this game. Time to move on. Green Sawdust have you ever thought of becoming the head of Yakuza?
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Can't so much say this was a game per se as there was very little, almost no, actual gaming to it. Interesting enough storyline and pretty good voice acting, but there was just so little to do and so much time to just sit around waiting for dialogue to pass. I can't say I enjoyed it very much.
A very athmospherical, story based experience.
I highly recommend if you enjoy a good story.
This is a game where you play as your spirit, soul, what have you, you are dead but you weren't supposed to die yet so you have to go back and discover and listen to your memories. Yea.
The game has terrible voice acting which left me unmoved in any manner, left me unconvinced emotionally, so I couldn't really attach myself to the story, which is what this game is supposed to do. It's mostly about story, and it is presented in a walking simulator format.
The graphics are terrible which is a huge negative, it is a walking simulator, one of the things you have to nail is a world that is pretty to look at.
The soundtrack is in the same realm as most other walking simulator type games, not bad, not great, just... the norm.
I played it for 20 minutes before I quit so I can't go super in-depth about the entire game.
In short it is an ugly walking simulator with bad voice acting that is unable to convince you.
I don't recommend this to anyone, but I wish the developer good luck in their future games, this seems like their first game.
I hope they take more time on the next one and are more self-critical next time.
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After Life - Story of a Father is a beautiful experience. Its not so much a game as a thought provoking exploration of how we come to terms with the loss of a loved one. Told from the point of view of Rick, a father who has died suddenly, we follow along on his journey as he remembers significant moments in his family's lives, and witness how each of them deal with his loss.
This is an emotional story that is told in a sensitive and thoughtful way. It is incredibly well written and acted, and the music and visuals are really well done. Highly recommended.
I can't recommend this game in it's current state. There are many factors holding this title back honestly.
Upon starting the game, I was met with the Settings menu , particularly the graphics settings. I chose Titan where as I have a specific machine for high end experiences and enviorments. Upon getting on with the game, the graphics are cartoonish at best and not what I was expecting. The feel is too much of one that the developer created this title as a personal project, but not with a lot of forethought or care.
Many of the assets in the game tied in with the movement are simply props that are non collision (phantom based) and make them more of an afterthought in feel. The movement UI itself is fine but very unintuitive at times.
The worst part I suppose, is the story and voice actors. I was not convinced in many cases to the subject matters brought up in the memories presented (one character protests doing something, but I really didn't feel their urgency in something that they professed to feel strongly about).
It simply wasn't entertaining in that the story was just a generic rehash of topics really.
This game doesn't make any sense.
Good game did a video on it. Its pretty fun
This title is not as much of a game as it is an interactive story. The mechanics are rather simple, as a disembodied soul you float around different areas and look for places that trigger memories that help you experience the life of the protagonist, Rick. The plot is fairly simple and does not take too many twists and turns, although I don't think that was the intention. This type of storytelling is more about finding intrigue and interest in the mundane. It would be the same experience as going through the personal items of a long deceased relative and piecing together the type of person they were.
If you ever played the game Sarena, this game is very similar and has about the same design and mechaincs with more locations. The graphics on the first couple of levels are beautiful and match the mood of the story. The later levels could use a little more polish. The layout of the areas make logical sense, but you are quite aware you are playing a computer game and that fact breaks the immersion into the story.
Although it is simple I think the developers are on to a type of storytelling that would work vary well in VR. Having large environments that allow a story to be told as you progress through them. It apprears this is a new venture for Green Sawdust, but I am curious to see if they will continue producing similar titles. Although the subject matter is rather dark, it is presented in a comforting way. I could see that this game may be able to help those recently suffeing loss help find some peace sharing how the characters are adapting to their in-game loss.
Final verdict: If you like the occasional break from action, explosions, and gore to just sit back and have a storytelling experience this is worth a playthrough. It will give you a moments pause to refelct some deeper aspects of life and death.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Green Sawdust |
| Платформы | Windows, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 01.02.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 44% положительных (9) |