#the first tree

[lulu2992]

Inktober 2024, Day 20: Uncharted.

Who knows what lies ahead?

[hackerwrench]

[vulpesvulpeskin]

I was calling For the last time We've been here before They found the pictures in the snow I can tell your eyes Looked beneath the blue I walk underneath the trees For the first time

[greater-than-the-sword]

I dont care about the voice over story with this guy's dad but im screaming crying throwing up about the fox children

[heyitshexley]

Gonna scream about a totally different game!!

The First Tree....

Listen, when I saw the trailer a few years ago I thought to myself, "oh cool! A little fox game! I'll have to play it some time"

And then I didn't. Until today when I saw it for sale in the Nintendo Switch eShop. I decided, "why not!" And downloaded it to my Switch.

I began to play.... and it was NOT what I expected.

You play as a mother fox searching for her babies. This fox is actually part of a reoccurring dream this man named Joseph is having. Joseph is telling his wife Rachel about the dream. And also recalling memories of childhood and especially with his father. His father he had one point become estranged to due to conflicting interests.

As you play you play as the fox and you find your babies unfortunately passed on and you grieve for two of them. The third the game makes you walk away in defeat. However before all that you wonder through the forests and uncover memories and gather these little glowing stars along the way. Uncovering more of Joseph's past and revealing his story.

Eventually, you come to the First Tree of which you had snippets mentioned throughout the game. The little fox stops at the base of the tree, head down and tired. Then the game pauses for a moment and says, "The First Tree awakens, and gently asks if there is one last message the fox wants to say to her children. She replies back and says.."

Then the game gives you the opportunity to write a message.

But! Remember those little sparkling objects I mentioned that you spent time gathering and trying to find? That's the amount of characters you have to type out your message. Thus creating a much deeper meaning.

When I got to this part at first I didn't understand and then it hit me. Tears began rolling down my cheeks as the meaning behind leaving a message struck me.

This little game... which I maybe spent a dollar something plus tax, has made it into my, one of the best games I've ever played list.

The First Tree was a delight and had such a deeper meaning than what if first let on. I am happy I gave it a chance. I highly recommend anyone to play this game. It's worth the 2hrs it took to complete.

[novelmonger]

Arbitrarily-Chosen Video Game Tournament, Round 1.5

Welcome to the Arbitrarily-Chosen Video Game Tournament, where we will find out which of the games I've played is the best game of all time!

Why? Don't ask. Just vote and reblog!

Which of the following games is the best?

The First Tree

Contrast

Chthulhu Saves the World

Deponia

Downhill Domination

Dr. Langeskov, the Tiger, and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

Figment

Final Fantasy IV

I'm a gamer, but I haven't played any of these games

I'm not a gamer, but I will reblog so this will reach someone who is

Voting ended onJul 20, 2023

[mysteamgrids]

The First Tree

[veebs-hates-video-games]

And now for quick notes on games I've played on Steam since June and didn't finish but left in the "maybe I'll get back to this some day" category, part 1 of 2:

Assault Android Cactus: Pretty decent twin stick shooter that I was initially having fun with, but a couple bosses in I got real tired of getting one-shot by stuff that was off screen until too late to do anything about it during boss fights. Surprisingly by the same people who recently made Unpacking

Zasa: An AI Story: Kind of neat idea for a puzzle game, but I kind of forgot I was playing it for a month and lost interest

Achromatic: Minimalist puzzle game that seems fine, but the larger the puzzles get the more I have the same problem I do with Match 3 games where stuff just stops registering in my brain and I have to look at every little thing individually and it's not fun anymore

Incredipede: I like the premise and the general vibe, but I just wasn't into actually playing it enough to finish it. It has the best achievements ever though, which are all things like "go outside and play with a real bug, then come back here and press this button to give yourself the achievement"

Ziggurat: Roguelike FPS that I like the idea of but was very bad at and couldn't get into

Mad Max: Seems like a fine-ish open world game if you have nothing better to do with your time, but nothing about it stands out in any way. I could go play a good game instead of just one that's vaguely ok

Mighty No. 9: I can't tell if it's better or worse than the internet led me to believe, but I can tell it's not good enough to be worth playing over going back and replaying literally any old Mega Man game instead

The First Tree: I had to stop like five minutes in because it was clearly trying to get me to take it seriously but the animations were so hilariously janky that I couldn't

Induction: Minimalist puzzle game that I just wasn't really feeling the central mechanics of

God Eater Resurrection: Might come back to again at some point even if I'm not really sure I'll like it. The main problem was that I was having major issues running it through Proton on Linux (which rarely happens to me anymore these days, which is pretty neat itself), but that'll probably get fixed sooner or later

Tekken 7: Of all the fighting games I tried this year this was the one I got along the best with [this is a lie because I wrote it before playing BBTAG], which is weird because I've never played much Tekken in the past. It felt the most satisfying to play and I had the most success actually learning how to play a character that actually clicked with me (Lucky Chloe is just fun), but I just kinda don't really like a lot of the character designs and the story and all that stuff when it comes to Tekken and always have, which killed my motivation

Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-: I really wanted to like this more than I did because it looks great and is generally ridiculous, but the overall feel of the game just wasn't really clicking with me

Art of Gravity: Another puzzle game that's vaguely interesting but didn't really grab me enough to finish

Say No! More: Comedy game about setting boundaries, which I really want to like more than I do, but the humor and tone just weren't really doing much for me and I stopped like halfway through even though it's short