The Longest Stroll is a considerate and emotional story about scuffling with psychological well being and making an attempt to determine what to do to proceed residing.
CONTENT WARNING: DEPRESSION, SELF-HARM
This recreation is extra emotional, specializing in the phrases with minimal visuals to guide you round. All through it, you’re transferring ahead, strolling by means of numerous scenes and locations. These totally different locations really feel fragmented, but in addition look very reasonable, creating the sensation of being inside a reminiscence.
This story is each written on the display and instructed by means of emotional audio. as the sport was created by modifying an hour lengthy interview that the developer had completed with their very own father who shared his personal story. I can not start to think about what an emotional expertise that may have been and the way robust their relationship have to be for his or her father to have the ability to speak about such private emotions so overtly.
The Longest Stroll feels deeply private (unsurprisingly) as you take heed to the frame of mind this individual was in. The fears and unfavorable ideas that have been on his thoughts. How he slowly parted methods together with his associates, his hobbies, and something that made him really feel human. The purpose of this expertise is to assist promote speaking about psychological well being, and it’s a recreation that I really feel folks would speak about because of the private nature of the story that may be present in it. There aren’t actually objectives past transferring ahead and experiencing the story, however that permits you to give attention to the core of the story and what it means for you, so long as you’re in the precise way of thinking your self. The emotion all through this recreation may be heard within the narrator’s voice, and the damaged, memory-like atmosphere appears like you’re there with him, listening and, hopefully, understanding.
The Longest Stroll is obtainable now on Steam.