Arise: A Simple Story

This is an absolutely beautiful game in every sense: visually, sonically, and narratively. The gameplay is interesting and diverse enough to keep you engaged throughout the game, but where it really shines is in the story and themes. I spent the second half of the game teary-eyed, with a few quick weeps here and there. I can't remember the last game-- or really, any form of media-- that hit this hard. It's just so beautifully done, I really cannot praise it enough. I would recommend this game for literally anyone, even if the gameplay is not your typical style. Open your heart and have a bittersweet emotional journey. It's the best part of the human experience.

It's a very simple but emotional game. It looks incredible and sounds incredible, Gameplay is pretty basic platforming with a very good twist of fast forwarding and rewinding the area, story is very simple but told very well.

I wasn't expecting it to be this good! It's a really sweet little game. Music is perfect, art direction is really pretty and the story is very touching. Gameplay is simple but actually offers enough variety between levels to keep it fun enough to replay them (which I did to collect the memories I missed). I think my only issue would be that the game's camera perspective makes some platforming sections too tricky, and the fall damage is very unforgiving. You can easily "die" from a small jump. But that's about it! I really had a lot of fun playing this game. Thank you very much for making it!