Home (video game)

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Home

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Developer Benjamin Rivers
Publisher Benjamin Rivers
Published 2012-07-01
Platforms iOS, Macintosh, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Windows
Genres Adventure, Graphic adventure, Passive puzzle, Puzzle
Themes Adventure, Mystery
Distribution Commercial

Home is a suspenseful graphic adventure puzzle video game developed and published by Benjamin Rivers and first released on Windows on 2012-07-01, and then ported to several other platforms.

In the game, you play a character who awakes in a dank building next to a freshly murdered person. As you use a flashlight to explore your dark surroundings, you find a lot of evidence that suggests you're the killer, but it's up to you to find out precisely what happened. The game is pretty short, but it has multiple endings depending on how you play it. There is an interesting mechanic where the choices you make in the present actually affect what happened in the past.

Personal

Own?Yes. On Steam.
Won?Yes. Three different endings.
Finished2000s.

I remember playing this game after seeing it online and getting one ending. Years later, I bought it as part of a Humble Bundle. After starting it, I recognized it as the same game I played earlier. I finished it two more times.

Review

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4 5 4 3 5

Best Version: Windows

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

  • I really like how the game world actually changes itself based on how you answer various questions and perform certain actions.
  • The ambiance, both from an audio and visual standpoint are pretty good.
  • There are a few moments that got my heart beating faster and areas that made me feel claustrophobic.

Bad

  • The graphics seem needlessly pixelated. I presume because Benjamin Rivers didn't want to have to draw higher resolution art himself.
  • None of the puzzles are very difficult, except perhaps the safe which I haven't been able to open.

Ugly

  • There isn't enough to the game. After your first play through, you'll have to repeat the vast majority of the game in the exact same way to see minor changes to the ending.

Media

Videos

Let's play.

Representation

Strong female character?FailThere are no living women.
Bechdel test?FailNo women ever speak.
Strong person of color character?FailEveryone is white.
Queer character?FailThere are no queer characters.

Links

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