The appearance in December of soulful indie games that evoke various emotions during the passage has already become a tradition. One of the latest releases of 2017 was beautiful Gorogoalast year ended with incomparable Gris, and now on PC and consoles came out Arise: A Simple Story. Spanish team Piccolo studio invites players to remember, together with the main character, the brightest moments of his life – to be happy, sad and see a simple story about the same ordinary people.
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Beauty is in simplicity
In the story, the gray-haired protagonist with a thick beard dies at the very beginning of the game. He lived a long life – so much that it was possible to divide it into ten approximately equal parts, each of which remains to be studied. From early childhood to old age, there were enough interesting episodes for the hero to want to relive them again, even if some of them are far from being as fun as the others. His happiness, grief, ups and emotions, we will observe right up to the final credits.
One of the main skills of Grandpa is the ability to rewind time forward and backward. Absolutely all levels are built on this mechanics, and without its use it is impossible to complete them. Rewinding increases and decreases snowdrifts, moves the leaves of water lilies in different directions, changes the direction of the wind – all platform puzzles are based on this interaction with the environment. The locations are almost completely linear, it is impossible to get confused in them, therefore, if further actions are not clear, it is enough to experiment with time – for sure there will be a solution quickly.
Surprisingly, the developers were able to make all ten levels unlike each other in terms of what the player needs to do on them. It seemed like the first
