As you finish the level, organizing it perfectly to your liking, you’ll be told that certain items might not be in a location that makes sense. You’ll get her toys and books lined up carefully on her shelves, putting them just right. The first level is simple, just that one single room for you to unpack. We aren’t given a specific age but based on what the second level represents, she’s probably around 11. You start out in her childhood bedroom, surrounded by toys. Over eight levels we see a significant portion of this young woman’s life, spanning 21 years. Which makes it pretty remarkable that Unpacking still absolutely tells a story, one with clear progression and significant events that at several points broke my heart while other moments left a huge grin on my face. Instead, you meet our protagonist and the people they live with entirely through the lens of their things at eight different stages of their lives. There are no text screens, or cutscenes, or descriptions. Unpacking never stops to tell you a story. This is something that Unpacking’s development team understands deeply. How you respond to your things, especially things that have been with you for some time, can say a lot about where you are in life. Whether you’re getting rid of things, buying new ones to fill the needs of your new home, or even just packing and unpacking them, you’re forced to consider them at least for a moment. It forces you to go through your things, analyze them, think about them. While this doesn’t speak well to my time management skills, the timing of playing this adorable little game went a long way to help drive home what Unpacking is using its character’s multiple moves to say. Although once the game is completed you can change a setting to allow you to place items wherever you wish, which is a nice reward.I found it funny that as I checked out the new PS5 release of Unpacking, I was sitting in my own new home, surrounded by boxes I probably should have been unpacking. You pick a box, you grab an item, and find it a home.Īlthough the game gives you the freedom to place things as you see fit, you can’t just throw things on the floor or put a ukulele in the bathroom! The game will flag items it deems incorrectly placed in a red outline and allow you to complete the level when these items have been placed in a more suitable position. The game is played exactly how you would unpack in real-life. The items that we unpack passively tell us the story with no need for voice acting, cutscenes, or narrative prompts. Over the course of eight house moves, you develop a close connection with a character that you'll never meet and a story you'll never be told, and that is one of the greatest things about Unpacking. Developed by Witch Beam and published by Humble Games, Unpacking is a multi-award winning, zen gaming experience that takes us through various chapters of a woman’s life by… you guessed it, unpacking! Have you ever moved before? Do you enjoy puzzle games like Tetris or even home decoration games like The Sims? Well, Unpacking is the perfect example of a game that can turn any mundane task and turn it into an immersive and enjoyable experience.
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