Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

The Chinese Room

2015•Adventure•PEGI 16•About 4 hours

Taste attributes: adventuredramascience fictionslowfresh & originalheavyimaginarylinearglossycomplex relationshipsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA fantastical adventure game that is slow-burning, weighty and polished. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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About This Game

Deep within the Shropshire countryside, the village of Yaughton stands empty. Toys lie forgotten in the playground, the wind blows quarantine leaflets around the silent churchyard. Down on Appleton’s farm, crops rustle untended. The birds lie where they have fallen. Strange voices haunt the radio waves as uncollected washing hangs listlessly on the line. The televisions are tuned to vacant channels. Above it all, the telescopes of the Observatory point out at dead stars and endless darkness. And someone remains behind, to try and unravel the mystery. Immerse yourself in a rich, deep adventure from award-winning developer The Chinese Room and investigate the last days of Yaughton Valley. Uncover the traces of the vanished community; discover fragments of events and memories to piece together the mystery of the apocalypse.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture tells the story of the inhabitants of a remote English valley who are caught up in world-shattering events beyond their control or understanding. Made by The Chinese Room -- the studio responsible for the hauntingly beautiful Dear Esther -- this tale of how people respond in the face of grave adversity is a non-linear, open-world experience that pushes innovative interactive storytelling to the next level. This story begins with the end of the world.

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  • Everybody's Gone to the Rapture screenshot
  • Everybody's Gone to the Rapture screenshot
  • Everybody's Gone to the Rapture screenshot

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureDramaScience fictionComplex relationshipSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

Post-apocalypticExplorationApocalypseWalking simulatorSpiritual successorSingle-player onlyPlatform exclusiveLanguage selection

Details

Developer
The Chinese Room
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Released
11 August 2015
Platforms
PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Time to beat
4h normally, 6h complete
Age rating
PEGI 16
Taste scores
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Source
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