The Longest Road on Earth

A game not for everyone because of its pacing. It's very slow, much slower than most other games I or my friends generally play. There's no escalation, no bigger overarching narrative, no dialogues even. It's just stories about people. Or rather, it feels almost as if looking at the memories that the creators have of very mundane things, and living that for a few minutes. I enjoyed it because of that. It gave me an appreaciation for my own life, and its slower parts. If you're looking for an experience that is slow, sweet and simple, then i heavily recommend the game! [h1]!!!! SPOILERS!!!! [/h1] ---------------------------------- [spoiler] I did not expect to recieve a gut punch in the last story. The hospital scene just... did something to me. I enjoyed every story in its own right. the crocodile was a clever introduction to everything that the game is. Short, but set the tone really well for how the rest of the game is going to play out. The mouse's train ride had me fighting my own boredom. I was enjoying myself, but i also, well, felt very immersed as the mouse. having nothing else to do but wait, and stare at the lamp and outside the cab. [/spoiler] [spoiler] The biggest selling point for me was how the game didn't shy away from showing and having me play as people just living their own lives, and letting me be bored and slowly immerse myself into who these characters are. I realized halfway in the first story that the title might also have been more of a reference to life being the longest road on earth. i was kind of wondering how they were gonna manage to have 4 people chit chat on a literal road for a couple of hours. [/spoiler] [spoiler] ultimately, i have gotten a lot out of this. It rekindled my appreaciation for the small things. It made me realize how... we are all in similar positions at the end of the day. How the experience of "life" i want to have, requires those slow moments. How most of us today live so fast, and never get the chance to be lost in the beauty of nature and even industrial constructs. Perhaps i looked too deep into what is otherwise a very simple set of stories, but i appreaciated it because i got this out of it. [/spoiler] -------------------------------------------------------- [h1] 9/10 [/h1] No opossums, so i'm a bit disappointed. /joking