Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

 PlayStation 4
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Aug 11, 2015
  • Also On: PC
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 89 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 89
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 89
  3. Negative: 4 out of 89
  1. CD-Action
    Oct 17, 2015
    45
    Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture claims to be something more than a game, but that claim is completely groundless. [10/2015, p.50]
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  2. GameCritics
    Oct 7, 2015
    40
    The beauty of its locations can't be denied, but it seems to be at odds with the game's core. The backstory didn't grab me, and the avatar's journey lacks internal logic or a narrative thrust of its own. Rapture coasts a long way on the strength of its visuals and score, but in a minimalistic game, production values can't mask the weak storytelling and thematic inconsistency.
  3. Gameblog.fr
    Aug 10, 2015
    40
    As Dear Esther's lovers, we highly anticipated Everybody's gone to the Rapture from Chinese Room. Unfortunately, this new story lacks a real major plot twist, real interaction and the flow of the game is definitively too slow. Forcing you to walk in an huge (and perfectly crafted) world feels so frustrating... and seems to be there to artificially extend the length of the game.
  5. AusGamers
    Aug 17, 2015
    25
    It's banal and tedious and if your narrative focused do-nothing game wouldn't work as a halfway interesting short story, then it won't be better just because you force people to walk slowly around a wholly un-interactive game space while you drip-feed them unconnected plot points.
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  1. Ars Technica
    Dec 9, 2015
    Spend this game's five-hour runtime catching up on a better story game you might have missed.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Dec 8, 2015
    A work so brutally dull that it would function as a parody of an “art game,” if only it didn’t take itself so seriously.

Awards & Rankings

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#76 Best PS4 Game of 2015
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#31 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2015
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#61 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2015

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User Score
6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 637 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 293 out of 637
  2. Mixed: 199 out of 637
  3. Negative: 145 out of 637
  1. 88mike
    Aug 11, 2015
    4
    I can see why SOME people like this game, but it has very little things going for it. Overall, I was not impressed at all, I played it atI can see why SOME people like this game, but it has very little things going for it. Overall, I was not impressed at all, I played it at midnight and expected to be able to explore and solve problems or something like that, but it is just kind of boring and had no fun whatsoever playing the game. I went into the game expecting to be solving mysteries and discovering items, possibly find a single weapon with 3 bullets and 4 evil scientists or something crazy like that. But nope, you can only press x and get halted by bushes and 2 foot fences. The abundance of this game is to walk around and listen to audio tracks or watch light figures of dead people talking. There are only 3 things to really do, walk, open doors, and press x. You don't do anything really substantial, heck, you can't even jump/crouch/ or interact with barely anything. 8/10 for it's open world visuals and story, 3/10 for game play.… Full Review »
  2. Wickedtribe
    Aug 15, 2015
    0
    This isn't a game. I'm kind of furious that all the good reviews for this software tricked me into paying $20 for it. There is nothing to doThis isn't a game. I'm kind of furious that all the good reviews for this software tricked me into paying $20 for it. There is nothing to do but walk around and follow a ball of light, which occasionally talks in the voices of dead people. But since you can't actually see the dead people (just the ball of light), they mean nothing to me and I can't even remember who they are from one "scene" to the next. Besides walking around and watching light balls talk, the only thing you can do is open doors or turn on radios. The radios are basically the same as the light balls, just play the voice of some dead person. Just in case you were wondering, the story is not interesting or intriguing at all. It's a very generic "end of the world" scenario which is further damaged by the inability to care about any of the characters/light balls. This is one of the worst non-interactive non-games I've ever had the misfortune of spending money on.… Full Review »
  3. LTDan50
    Aug 11, 2015
    7
    The mystery is very interesting, but thats it. You can not pick up and examine anything in the game and in my opinion the walking is too slowThe mystery is very interesting, but thats it. You can not pick up and examine anything in the game and in my opinion the walking is too slow and with no sprint can lead to a long boring stroll. I believe a game lacking so many moving parts in the world should make for a dynamic interesting world, but it doesnt, for the most part the world seems very stiff and even static at times. The game is touted by many professional review sites as an open world game which is only technically true. Going through the game a majority of the buildings are locked and there are many roads you cannot go down on top of that there is a marker in game to keep you on the correct path through the world. I feel like the game was more like a open world guided tour than a open world exploration. This game overall was very over hyped and I personally am very let down overall.… Full Review »
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