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Personal Narrative: The Chinese Room

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A calm and beautiful experience

Three and a half years ago, The Chinese Room released Dear Esther, a mod that had turned into something more, something which really intrigued me. It was more of an interactive poem than anything else, and an extremely great looking one at that, seeing how the game was made in the at the moment relatively old Source Engine. I was hooked from the beginning and have played through the 2-hours-long experience countless times now, and finally The Chinese Room is back with a new game: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. The questions I keep asking myself while I'm waiting for the game to load is: "Can it really live up to the expectations that the Chinese Room has set with Dear Esther? Can they really create something …show more content…

The pacing at which you move around deserves all the negative attention it is getting. You move around incredibly slowly. Even when hitting the sprint button, you are barely moving faster than other First-Person games in "walking mode". While the slow tempo really is fitting for the atmosphere of the game, and even if it really makes you take in all the beautiful scenery the game has to offer, it really doesn’t work well with this small open world there is to explore. While the game wants you to explore every nook and cranny of the small town, this slow pace makes it hard to do without getting a little bored, which brings down a very great …show more content…

The atmosphere with its silence and music is spot on, and the gorgeous graphics and beautiful scenery really make you stop for a while and take it all in. It's a game that makes you as the player very calm, but still gives you a great overall story and a lot of wonderful fragments of people’s lives that will stick with you for weeks. While it has its ups and downs, it is still one of the games everyone should give a chance this year. In the mist of all the action, high-tempo, puzzle-solving, role-playing etc., Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is still a great, calm and beautiful experience you should find the time to

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