Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture Review
Platform: PS4
Developer: The Chinese Room, Santa Monica Studio
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Author: S.A.
In a game that is purely driven by story, The Chinese Room and Santa Monica Studio’s brings to you Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture. Let’s put it out there right away that for the gamer looking for an action pack adventure, or a stereotypical RPG grind, this isn’t for you. It’s a game with simplistic mechanics, meant only to further its own interesting story. The player explores a small English town whose inhabitants have vanished without a trace. That said, players roam the town engaging with small floating lights. These balls of light each reveal a part of the mysterious that seems to plague this town, and lead the gamer one step closer to the truth with each find. I know the premise seems simple, in fact it is. However this game is for those of us who enjoy watching a story unfold without the heart pacing panic attacks of action adventure games, or the long grind of role playing games. It’s for those of us who just want to relax on a Sunday with a cup of tea and the controller, so give it a look, or at least watch a let’s play on it.
Let’s go light hunting folks.
The story starts with the player near an observatory, in which we hear a womans voice stating an ominous message: “This is Dr. Katherine Collins. I don’t know if anyone will hear this. It’s all over. I’m the only one left.” Well that’s definitely one of the most inviting video game beginnings I’ve ever encountered. With that welcoming message in place, we’re let loose on the deserted English town called Yaughton in Shropshire. Our only mission is to find out how everyone went missing within the quaint looking town. As the player investigates, and begins to find the mysterious balls of light that are scattered though out town, we bare witness to the event known as the rapture. The balls of light, upon interacting with them, morph into human shapes that tell us the story of Yaughton much like a recording device. It’s defintely the best PVR device I’ve ever encountered.
What a pretty…creepy place.
The game features a beautiful backdrop that run’s contrary to its otherwise abandoned environment. However, in all honesty it’s replay ability isn’t much, especially given its short play time and it’s not a game I’d recommend to most unless you can pick it up dirt cheap.
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