
The powerless reality of Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
An inability to interact with the world of Rapture forces players to pay attention.
An inability to interact with the world of Rapture forces players to pay attention.
Say hello to the new wave of walking simulators.
The Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture designer opens up.
The launch trailer for Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, an exploration game that juxtaposes the mundanity of human lives with the apocalypse, has been released. While it’s clear the game focuses on the few left behind after most other people have gone missing, the cause of the tragedy is unclear. perhaps this was not god but humans trying to play god The video juxtaposes religious and secular overtones. It begins with a recording of an astrophysicist declaring, “It’s over. I’m the only one left,” before a moving light draws our attention to the places there should be people. There’s been…
Irrational’s influential work ends as it began, unfortunately.
Inside the most horrifyingly quiet game of 2014.