What Remains of Edith Finch

On 01/31/2018 at 02:35 PM by Super Step

is fairly depressing, but I really loved all the different graphics styles and gameplay mechanics the game used. It only lasts about 3 hours, so like Firewatch, I'm glad I got it on sale.

Unlike Firewatch, they don't have an "audio tour" or director's commentary that I'm seeing, so I'm not sure what I'd replay it for unless there are some trophies I missed that sound interesting.

I do like that it's basically a novel you play through. It's completely linear, but you're in control the whole time. I think that type of gameplay eliminates some of the frustration one might feel playing a Telltale game, but doesn't present any real challenge either. It's just a story you play through instead of read or watch.

I still want to try Into the Woods as far as slice-of-life narrative-driven games go, and I should have the funds in my wants budget from this month, so we'll see.

I may end up owing the doctor $300+ for a couple visits last year, because the Urgent Care I went to not wanting to wait for an appointment with my primary care physician became an in-netowrk place AFTER my visits, so I'm going to take my bills over there and see what they say. I'm very lucky to have a decent enough salary and budgeting regimen that it won't hurt me that much, but it's still infuriating. And $300 is still $300 for two visits I thought were only going to cost $50 each. But the person I talked with on the phone yesterday said they might accept the $90 somehting or whatever my insurance paid, so I don't know. Just ... uuuuuggggghhhh

Anywhoozle, I have a pre-loaded BaD blog for tomorrow. Since I'll be 28 in March this year and February is 28 days, I'm just doing recounts of games that came out every year since 1990 when I was born.

Here's a music video I was reminded of while playing What Remains of Edith Finch:

Matt Snee Staff Writer

01/31/2018 at 05:54 PM

Sorry about your healthcare bills. I went to an urgent care type thing last year for an eye infection. That shit gets expensive.

27-28 are good ages man.

Super Step Contributing Writer

01/31/2018 at 07:11 PM

Good news: I only MAY owe 125. I don't know what was miscommunicated between insurer and provider, but provider says they'll send Bill soon and see what else insurance will pay. I knew it was a "might owe" and not a bill but the phone call to insurance ... Well, whatever. I'm happy to have heard a lower estimate today.

And yeah, but professoring in a small town shrinks the dating pool a bit.

SanAndreas

01/31/2018 at 09:11 PM

Edith Finch sounds like a Western take on the Japanese visual novel style of game.

I hate how medical insurance can't keep its stories straight.

02/01/2018 at 10:11 AM

Maybe. I haven't played those Japanese games. Lots of western games in the style now in any case.

The medical thing may have been my fault (?) I knew they were "may owe" notifications and not bills, but insurer sure made it sound like I might have to pay it over the phone. I was on my parents' insurance until 26, so some of the co-pay and deduction calculations are still not always clear to me.

KnightDriver

01/31/2018 at 10:58 PM

I have a handful of small indie games I'd like to play: Firewatch, Headlanders and Thimbleweek Park.

02/01/2018 at 10:12 AM

Firewatch was ok. Haven't heard of the other two.

Cary Woodham

02/01/2018 at 12:22 AM

I was curious about Into the Woods so I made an appointment to preview it at a PAX show. After I saw it, my interested disappeared. Just didn't look like a "Cary" game.

02/01/2018 at 10:13 AM

It seems like it's aimed at a pretty specific generation/kind of person, so that's understandable.

goaztecs

02/01/2018 at 11:51 AM

Oh the medical bills. It's a pain and that's easily the only reason why I keep actual checks.

Speaking of Firewatch, I really should get back into that game. I waited for it to go on sale, played a day and then forgot about it.

02/01/2018 at 12:51 PM

It only takes about 3 hours to complete, if that, from what I remember.

Ranger1

02/01/2018 at 03:26 PM

I really liked What Remains of Edith Finch. The story was full of dark humor, which I relate well to. I will admit to having laughed at the train bit. I know, I'm a sick individual.

02/01/2018 at 07:20 PM

Don't worry, I think I did too. Not so much the fish heads story though. I saw it coming from miles away, but it still didn't sit well with me. I read that story somehow connects to Unfinished Swan, which I didn't realize was this developer. Now I want to play that.

02/02/2018 at 09:11 PM

I really liked The Unfinished Swan, too, once I figured out what the heck I was doing.

PixlBit