What Remains of Edith Finch
Giant Sparrow
· Annapurna Interactive
Adventure, Indie, Puzzle
Release Date: April 24, 2017
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington State.
Each story offers a chance to experience the life of a different family member with stories ranging from the early 1900s to the present day. The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the family members themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspective and that each story ends with that family member's death. It's a game about what it feels like to be humbled and astonished by the vast and unknowable world around us.
You'll follow Edith Finch as she explores the history of her family and tries to figure out why she's the last Finch left alive.
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Critic Reviews
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COGconnected
75/100
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Developer Giant Sparrow latest game, What Remains of Edith Finch, which bucks the trend of walking simulators by including actual gameplay moments.
IGN
8.8/10
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A gorgeous experience that's also one of the finest magical-realism stories in all of video games.
Eurogamer
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Sometimes, in the aftermath of an unexpected bereavement, a family will leave their departed loved one's bedroom unchan…
Destructoid
9/10
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“I think that we’ve been surrounded by death for so long that we’ve just gotten used to it.” Edith Finch muses this aloud right before she walks into the family’s graveyard. She’s talking to herself because there’s no one left to talk to. Edith is the last living Finch and that’s meaningful because the Finches have one hell of a tough time staying alive. By my count, there are 37 tombstones in the cemetery — 12 for the humans and 25 for the pets. I probably missed some.