Gone Home: Console Edition

 PlayStation 4
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4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 493 Ratings

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  1. MaxPayneIsGod
    Jun 30, 2016
    4
    A game you Participate in rather than Play.
    I knew what sort of game this was before I played it, Free on PS+. I'd heard a bit about how "emotional" it was online and for some reason I assumed it was some sort of plot driven thriller.
    Gone Home is a story driven game in which you wander around your house after coming home from an overseas trip to find your family gone. The story plays    A game you Participate in rather than Play.
    I knew what sort of game this was before I played it, Free on PS+. I'd heard a bit about how "emotional" it was online and for some reason I assumed it was some sort of plot driven thriller.
    Gone Home is a story driven game in which you wander around your house after coming home from an overseas trip to find your family gone.
    The story plays out when you pick up clues, 24 in total, which drive the narrative along. I found all but 1 of them on my first (and only) play through. After finding about half of them I figured out the story and kind of lost interest. For some reason I wanted to find out the family had been massacred or had bought it by murder suicide. I should've checked the ESRB rating before I played.
    The story is actually kind of good, its very different however it is not really aimed a "Gamers" and it should have been marketed to angsty teenage girls, which I am not. I'm not kidding either, to a 34 year old male it was next to impossible to empathise with anything that happened in the game.
    They also attempt to spin a supernatural tale into the story which ultimately falls flat (because it didn't end in the mutilation of the family) and was really just filler.
    I think the only reason I persevered was because I was waiting for something good to happen. Y'know those movies you don't walk out of because you want to see if something "Good" will happen. Well Gone Home is like that.
    Presentation-wise, it couldn't be more Indie if it tried, in fact I would be the same game with VGA graphics and made in the 80s. The sound is cool, especially the wind and thunder effects, the creaking floorboards and the other sounds the house makes add to the atmosphere however they also mislead the player into thinking that something creepy is going to happen.
    Overall I simply cannot think of anyone I would recommend this game to, because I know no one within its core audience. I understand that in the marketing they couldn't go into plot details or no one would play it but they needed to find away to make it clear that the content was not going to appeal to 90% of gamers.
    Its a shame it wasn't something very different because it could've been good.
    It's not garbage but it isn't good either.    … Expand
  2. SuperDuck23
    May 28, 2017
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When making a game like this it is paramount that the story and writing is of good quality to make it worthwhile. Unfortunately this wasn't the case for this game. The only aspect I thought was well executed was the non-linear narration reveal at the end, but that wasn't enough to make me satisfied with the experience. With a clichéd story and bland gameplay, there is little to salvage Gone Home.… Expand
  3. SILVERBACK6153
    Mar 3, 2016
    4
    It's literally a walking simulator. Go here, pick up item etc. etc. I would nearly rather walk around my own house than play this game. However, the game is relaxing to play and so is a good stress reliever for those who are stressed out of their minds (probably from buying this game lol).
  4. zGoldenOG
    Oct 15, 2016
    4
    Game extremamente curto, com história clichê. Ambientação que supostamente deveria ser de terror,não apresenta nenhum indicio sobrenatural. Não vale a pena comprar esse game.
  5. MonteRAID
    Apr 25, 2023
    4
    When are we going to stop celebrating someone sexuality as an achievement! This game try to push some hidden Agenda that Homosexuality is something Big which is not, it’s just an orientation just like bisexual and any other sex inclination.
  6. Henriquez94
    Jun 5, 2018
    4
    DECEPCIONANTE, completamente vacio.
    EL juego lo puedes acabar en menos de 9 minutos.
    Exploracion muy pobre, banda sonora (no tiene), jugabilidad nula, es mas un simulador de pasear en una casa, de ir husmeando por ahi, graficamente no se puede calificar. Juego en primera persona, una historia , bueno si es que se puede decir que tiene historia. Juego lo obtuve con PS PLus, si lo se una    DECEPCIONANTE, completamente vacio.
    EL juego lo puedes acabar en menos de 9 minutos.
    Exploracion muy pobre, banda sonora (no tiene), jugabilidad nula, es mas un simulador de pasear en una casa, de ir husmeando por ahi, graficamente no se puede calificar.
    Juego en primera persona, una historia , bueno si es que se puede decir que tiene historia.
    Juego lo obtuve con PS PLus, si lo se una desgracia de servicio, por regalar titulos asi.    … Expand
  7. Bizancio_Askatu
    Aug 9, 2021
    4
    If you think that a silly idealized stereotypical filled with clichés story becomes great just by adding homosexuality to it, you may enjoy this game a lot. Otherwise you will probably find this walking simulator a short pretentious and infuriating experience.
    The only think I liked was OST due the female-fronted punk bands.
  8. claytastic
    Mar 2, 2016
    3
    Gone Home simply isn't a game. In fact, it doesn't even deserve the title of being a walking simulator, which is one of the most degrading ways to label a game there is, and this game can't even reach that point. Because at least most walking simulators actually give you open space to roam around. Gone Home just puts you in a house. Not a neighborhood, not a mansion, just a house. While IGone Home simply isn't a game. In fact, it doesn't even deserve the title of being a walking simulator, which is one of the most degrading ways to label a game there is, and this game can't even reach that point. Because at least most walking simulators actually give you open space to roam around. Gone Home just puts you in a house. Not a neighborhood, not a mansion, just a house. While I will admit it's a nice house, it's not a nice game setting. The gameplay is easily the worst part of this game. What do you do? You look for notes and listen to recordings. That doesn't sound fun, does it? If it does, I find this concerning. That means I find a lot of people's opinions concerning because almost every friend or critic I know who has played this game thinks it's brilliant. The simple truth is that it's not, and these people are too blinding by the graphics (which do look good, I'll give it that) and the storytelling, which would be okay if the storytelling was actually interesting. The way the story is told isn't anything special, and neither is the story itself. I won't spoil the story in case you want to play this garbage for yourself, but just know that it isn't worth your time. I learned that the hard way. 3/10.… Expand
  9. StophJS
    Feb 27, 2016
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The absolute only reason this game was well received was because it has atmosphere, and centers around a lesbian relationship in a non exploitative way.

    My experience of playing this game was one of very high initial hopes, slowly fading into resignation to the fact that game wasn't going to do anything more than it had already presented. Purely from a presentation standpoint, there's every reason to think it might be great when you first start out. It's got great voice acting, and a very quiet tension like you're actually in this house and learning whatever it might have to tell you. Unfortunately all it has to tell you is that the daughter is a lesbian, the father is a failed writer, and the mother has the hots for some dude at work. That's it. That's the game.

    The developers of this game clearly thought that having the player walk through a house and figure out some girl was a lesbian was enough narrative to complete a story, but it isn't. It's relevant, and unusual, and of-the-times. But it's not the basis of a game worth playing, let alone one you would pay $20 for.

    If there's any silver lining here, it's that indie developers in the future might look to this game and gain some inspiration as to what can be done with a very minimalist environment and story-telling approach like this. I just hope those developers come up with an interesting story.    … Expand
  10. jrzone
    Jun 17, 2016
    3
    Honestly I don't know where I would rate this game. I got it free with PlayStation plus and for free yea it's an ok experience. However would I spend actual money on this? Nope. There is nothing really to the game you collect documents about a house. And listen to your sisters diary of the events. And that's it. Was going to give it a 4 but that ending was so disappointing. One thing thatHonestly I don't know where I would rate this game. I got it free with PlayStation plus and for free yea it's an ok experience. However would I spend actual money on this? Nope. There is nothing really to the game you collect documents about a house. And listen to your sisters diary of the events. And that's it. Was going to give it a 4 but that ending was so disappointing. One thing that really bothered me about the game why have horror atmosphere and sounds about the house? It's not a horror game. It was a poor choice for the dev to do it like that. I have no idea why media outlets rated it high. Maybe I've not played enough walking simulators to get it. But it just seems lazy. It certainly is not worth the money buy a telltale games you will have more fun. Overall it was boring, with an uninteresting story.… Expand
  11. Peartato
    Jul 25, 2016
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I downloaded this game after reading glowing reviews, praising the love story, the writing, the atmosphere, etc., but I was confused when I booted it up. Was this a horror game? It's got all the tropes: a dark and stormy night, a house full of flickering lights, creaky floorboards, white noise from a TV set... But a friend who'd played it assured me it wasn't a horror game. Despite that claim, it still felt like I was playing P.T. or something like it; like I would turn the corner and there would be a tall, shadowy figure, waiting to disembowel me. That never happened though. In fact, nothing really happened.
    The focus of the game (it's a stretch to call it a "game", per se, but whatever) is to learn about your sister's recent dealings through audio journals you pick up (somehow?) while exploring the empty house. My problem with this is that Sam (your sister) is a completely selfish and unlikable character. I found myself annoyed listening to her ramble on about this girl she's crushing on in school. I wasn't interested in her story, or even her parents' stories (you also learn a little bit about their careers and struggles in their marriage... apparently?), but the only story that caught my attention was about the previous owner of the house, your father's uncle. The few times he gets mentioned, I got excited, but then Sam would start talking about Millie or Lily or whatever her name was and it dragged me back down to the boring drudge that is the majority of this game.
    Like I'd mentioned earlier, it has all the tropes of a horror game, from the lightning crashes to the pitch-black rooms (though you can play with all the lights on). You learn that several people refer to this home as "the psycho house", referring to Oscar, the previous owner. There's a Ouija board hidden in a side panel, you find a hidden room where Sam and Filly were trying to summon the spirit of Oscar, there are a couple books referencing the occult, you see a cushion fort in front of the TV where Sam and Billie were apparently watching Poltergeist... But it's just building up to disappointment. None of it affects the plot in any way.
    All of the horror elements feel unfitting for Gone Home. It teases the supernatural, that maybe there's a killer in the house, or maybe a ghost? You even see some red splotches over a bathtub which you instinctively presume to be blood. None of it pays off. There's no ghost, no killer, and the red splotches are just from when Sam dyed Millie's hair red.
    Gone Home is a slow (and I mean sloooow) walk from room to room until you finally end up in the attic, find the last journal and the game ends. Woo. It's an anticlimactic slap in the face. You learn that your sister left the day before (or so) to be with her girlfriend, with your parents coming home the next day. Now you know that when they get home, they're not going to be excited and happy to see you, they're going to be worried about your missing sister. She ruined your homecoming (and it looks like she even ransacked the house before leaving).

    Pros:
    +the house looks nice and lived in
    +most objects in the house are interactive
    +mercifully short

    Cons:
    -the main plot and most of the side stories are not very gripping
    -the sister character (who the player is intended to connect to and sympathize with) is an unlikable ****
    -the horror themes are completely out of place
    -when going through the commentary, I realized the developers are annoying and unlikable too, go figure
    -completely obscure hidden trophies that practically require a walkthrough to figure out

    It's not 0/10 bad, but I can understand why people are leaving those reviews: it was such a huge let down. And all of the glowing reviews for it are not helping. It's also funny to me that the critic reviews are all generally positive with the lowest being around a 60/100 (seriously, IGN? A 9.5/10? And Gaming-Age.com gave it a perfect score? Jesus Christ). I'm glad I didn't pay anything for this and I feel bad for anyone who threw $20 down the drain for it. It took me under 2.5 hours to beat the game and get all the trophies. Not worth the price. If you can get it for free, it might be worth checking out, but make sure your expectations are low. Like, LOW low.    … Expand
  12. BastaConLaDroga
    Aug 15, 2016
    3
    Thank god, it was free on PS4.

    Good graphics, good voice acting and that's about it. You basically wander around a mansion looking for scraps of paper that'll eventually let you know your sister's a lesbian. Hence the praise by the professional critics. LESBIANS!
  13. TopoBerneta
    Nov 15, 2018
    3
    Walking simulator if u want to buy this, don't buy it from more than 2 bucks.
  14. Parag0N
    Aug 13, 2022
    2
    A two hour commercial for the alphabet people. If this wasn’t full of emotionally manipulative pandering woke garbage it would score a 4 at best. If you think it’s a huge revelation to learn someone is gay at this point go ahead and waste your time. For anyone else-I just saved you two hours. Your’e welcome!
  15. Tubey
    Jun 15, 2016
    2
    Absolutely nothing has changed from the PC release - if you want, check my profile for the review of that. It's abysmal. The critics have selective vision with this 'game', and that's why you see the gulf between honest user reviews and professional reviewers wanting to justify their career by pretending this is high art.

    It's not. It's absolute trash. Avoid like the plague.
  16. Alecj
    Jun 7, 2016
    2
    Possibly the most overrated, over-hyped, and over praised game in recent years.

    To put it plainly, its a uneventful walk around a house. Sure, you find bits of story, but the narrative is both juvenile and trite.....like you found your 13 year old sisters diary. The worst part---between the constant cheer leading from the gaming media, and the slightly mysterious first moments, you    Possibly the most overrated, over-hyped, and over praised game in recent years.

    To put it plainly, its a uneventful walk around a house. Sure, you find bits of story, but the narrative is both juvenile and trite.....like you found your 13 year old sisters diary.

    The worst part---between the constant cheer leading from the gaming media, and the slightly mysterious first moments, you are led to believe "Gone Home" has something exciting to offer. Then you wait......and walk.....and peruse useless drivel.....and slowly come to realize nothing is going to happen.

    Items are strewn about the house that hint at what is supposed to be interesting details about an unknown protagonist and their family, but the more i found, the less i cared.

    Those hoping for a supernatural or lively event to turn this mundane stroll around an empty house into something more, will be disappointed. Its never meant to be more, yet it has been continuously trumpeted as a worthwhile experience. Have you ever wandered your parents house while they were away.....in fact, my personal adventures, arriving at my parents empty house, have been far more interesting, but i would feel dishonest making any one of them a purchasable product.

    I dont understand why "Gone Home" exists. I dont understand why it has been propped up by game's journalists. I dont understand what anyone who has lived in the 21st century gets out of the pedestrian tale. The vapid, predictable ending only solidified my irritation and confusion over the "game's" continued acclaim.

    If you are looking for anything other than a detailed reminder of what items a home might of been littered with in the 90's.....you wont find it in "Gone Home"

    There is very little in "Gone Home", and nothing that isnt taken to far more creative and inspired places in the latest teen vampire romance movie.....

    Exactly.

    Save your time, even if it doesnt cost you money.....its a nothing burger with a 5 star rating.

    Still---SMH    … Expand
  17. Turbodowg
    Jun 30, 2016
    2
    The game pretends it's a horror game, until the dreadful realization that it's a cheesy bit of lesbian fiction so badly written you don't know if you should laugh or cry.

    The house is well designed with some nice graphics but the hour long game-play is ruined when it ends and all the horror elements were just a damp squib. I got it for free and kind of enjoyed the exploration for the    The game pretends it's a horror game, until the dreadful realization that it's a cheesy bit of lesbian fiction so badly written you don't know if you should laugh or cry.

    The house is well designed with some nice graphics but the hour long game-play is ruined when it ends and all the horror elements were just a damp squib.

    I got it for free and kind of enjoyed the exploration for the hour or two it took to beat it, but when it ended I felt empty and let down. So glad I didn't pay full price for this utterly average game.    … Expand
  18. Ecresis
    Jun 7, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not much to say about this "game". It is not a game, it is a story. A 20 minute story. Not worth your money. Basically, you have to find 24 objects triggering a story. The story is so cliché that you will probably give up before the end. You can finish the game without finding all the clues, just find 2 keys and you're done.

    I understand that the 85 Metascore from critics and the hype comes from the fact that it's about lesbian love and parents not understanding, and the military not accepting homos. Blah Blah Blah. The usual stuff. Even if I agree that it is a important subject to fight for, this "game" was not a good way to do it. I'm happy I didn't pay for it.

    The whole game can be solved in 10 minutes, or 2 hours maximum if you really want to click on every piece of wall/tissue box and read everything (most of it is extremely boring stuff about their parent's jobs).

    Gone home is gone deleted.    … Expand
  19. willlow
    Jan 23, 2016
    2
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. seriously save your TWENTY dollars. save that money use it for something else.

    have you played everybodys gone to the rapture? I hope to god you havent. either way you don't need to play this game cause its the same boring game more or less that is extremely short like laughable short. this game should have been 5 dollars and even then the experience was    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. seriously save your TWENTY dollars. save that money use it for something else.

    have you played everybodys gone to the rapture? I hope to god you havent. either way you don't need to play this game cause its the same boring game more or less that is extremely short like laughable short. this game should have been 5 dollars and even then the experience was painful.

    I heard a positive endorsement from this game on the podcast DLC. this game is terrible. I like artistic games and unique games which is another reason I took a chance on this game.

    this game was like an hour long. you walk around a house looking at things and when you pick up certain items a voice of this girl starts talking about her past very similar to the rapture when you had to keep following that stupid light thing.

    that is the whole game right there. looking at a map of this house going to certain areas hearing this girls voice. if you like picking up things and looking at them with no climax to a game then this is it.

    this game actually hurt deep because I value money and fullbright, majesco and midnight city decided to charge 20 dollars for this extremely static painfully boring experience.

    how did this win game of the year on pc?? I dont understand????? this seriously makes me disgruntled at the game and game related media industry. I gave it a 2 cause there was a couple ok things to look at like a picture of a comic book or a drawing this teenage girl did before she tells you about a boring life story of hers in her cliche life is strange lead character rip off voice while you walk NOT RUN around this house. oh yeah you can't run. so you walk slow as hell through this house while it rains outside. id rather be out in that rain although the rain sfx sound like static. you can crouch but you cant run. rant over.

    save your money.    … Expand
  20. Deadcow
    Jun 9, 2016
    2
    I'm sure that in 2013 when Gone Home was released to frothing critical acclaim, it was a work of absolute artistic genius. However, in 2016, it simply doesn't stack up against what's come since.

    As a fan of the walking simulator genre, I found Gone Home to be a complete and total disappointment. This was the first of it's kind, and it's been utterly surpassed by every game in this genre    I'm sure that in 2013 when Gone Home was released to frothing critical acclaim, it was a work of absolute artistic genius. However, in 2016, it simply doesn't stack up against what's come since.

    As a fan of the walking simulator genre, I found Gone Home to be a complete and total disappointment. This was the first of it's kind, and it's been utterly surpassed by every game in this genre that's come after it. Woefully short, this game has an achievement for completion in under a minute - I'm not sure that this is something the developers should be flaunting. At any rate, the game can be easily completed, even with a thorough search, in considerably under three hours.

    Puzzles are extremely basic, consisting of two "solve the combination" type puzzles - and that's it. Not that puzzles are what anyone who loves the walking simulator genre plays them for. The main reason to play these games is for the story - which again, in Gone Home is completely lacking. There's no sense of tension or excitement, nothing untoward happens, and the entire plot can be figured out in the first few of the games journal entries. I spent the entire game waiting for a denouement that never arrived. In the end - it just fizzles out. It's just all just extremely dull and pedestrian.

    If you've never player one of these kinds of games before, and you're looking to dip your toe into this genre, instead of this - pick up the excellent "Everybody's Gone To The Rapture", or "The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter" - both of which have more emotional and deeper stories than Gone Home, coupled with better graphics and far longer play times.    … Expand
  21. LurkerAccount
    Jan 16, 2021
    2
    An important game because it inspired a lot of great games, but Gone Home itself is bad.
  22. coustoe
    Sep 4, 2016
    1
    Horrible game with no game play value or story. The pro is if you want a LGBT positive message that the liberal game media loves that isn't actually fun then play this.
  23. ragnavirus
    Jun 13, 2016
    1
    Another game , that it is not a game.Press a button to walk and prepare to read tons of text.If i want a book , i will go and buy one.At least try to make the game similar to MYSt and put some cool puzzles.Not the worst game ever , but in the 20 worst probably
  24. yoho
    Jun 10, 2016
    1
    This game is like a book you're reading in a random order: basically, you move and read pages and it's up to you to make the whole story out of it. But graphics are very poor, interactivity is reduced to the minimum and overall story is not that great nor original. So I'm really missing why the critics were so positive about this game, must have missed something.

    BTW, don't pay    This game is like a book you're reading in a random order: basically, you move and read pages and it's up to you to make the whole story out of it. But graphics are very poor, interactivity is reduced to the minimum and overall story is not that great nor original. So I'm really missing why the critics were so positive about this game, must have missed something.

    BTW, don't pay attention to the people telling this game is short. Yes, true, it can be finished in less than 1 minute (it's one of the trophies) but it can also be rather long if you try to discover all of the secrets of the house (there are other trophies about it).    … Expand
  25. diskostux
    Mar 6, 2016
    1
    When you consider the content versus the price, this game is a total rip off. 20 dollars is ridiculous. The game is extremely boring and at most worth a dollar. Do not buy this game. I feel more ripped of with this game than I do with Dayz.
  26. Luke_waugh
    Apr 3, 2016
    1
    This game can be completed in less than 3 minutes. Before this game I believed that no game could be considered not a game but this is absolutely not a game. this game can be summarised by saying walk down a hall, the game is done, thats it. The message is nice but these developers must have payed reviews. Do not waste your money
  27. Rbox
    Jun 11, 2016
    1
    Amusing and microscopically intriguing. But no way is this worth it's asking price. Girls will like this game a bit more. I would say it's worth paying 2 euro. And only if you like slow going games. I cannot understand why this got high marks from critics. Maybe because they fantasised about lesbian love?
  28. Mike1234
    Jun 13, 2016
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If this have hadn't been free on PSN I'd have been devastated buying it.
    In a nutshell you come home from traveling its midnight a storm outside the house in darkness it's previous owner was a psycho.
    Your parents and sister are missing, they knew you were coming but haven't left an obvious message for you. Turns out they have gone camping your sister has run off with her lover. You walk around the house for an hour figuring that out that's it!
    Biggest mystery for me is why they locked to for leading to the kitchen that I needed to get rid by a secret passage didn't they want me to eat?
    Terrible game.    … Expand
  29. Ptrac
    Jun 28, 2016
    1
    Look, the reason you see so many critics liking this game and users not liking it is because user are actually the ones who want to PLAY a GAME. This game is a 2-3 hour story of a girl coming of age and realizing she is a lesbian. I guess with the LGBT movement being the "in" thing right now all the critics consider this a grand, noble achievement. If that's what you're into maybe you'llLook, the reason you see so many critics liking this game and users not liking it is because user are actually the ones who want to PLAY a GAME. This game is a 2-3 hour story of a girl coming of age and realizing she is a lesbian. I guess with the LGBT movement being the "in" thing right now all the critics consider this a grand, noble achievement. If that's what you're into maybe you'll love this game. It also makes some other political statements regarding homophobia. and the fear of "coming out". Beyond that, the game offers NOTHING else. They hint at something scary but never actually do anything to scare you. There is very little else going on other than some things that capture the feeling of the early 1990's. The game also is visually pretty ugly. I am all for a walking simulator that tells a story and it doesn't have to be scary but this game just gets real annoying real fast. When you get to the the end you will be irritated that you stuck with it for the 2 hours it takes to finish.… Expand
  30. bccfire
    Aug 11, 2016
    1
    Before I played this game, I have heard so much about it and thought it was an amazing Indie game with great story, because all those high ratings from critics on their store pages. But after I beat the game, I regretted wasting 2 hours on it, even I got it for free. And what's more, I can't help but feeling all the high rating were so suspicious now.

    Talk about the "greatest video game    Before I played this game, I have heard so much about it and thought it was an amazing Indie game with great story, because all those high ratings from critics on their store pages. But after I beat the game, I regretted wasting 2 hours on it, even I got it for free. And what's more, I can't help but feeling all the high rating were so suspicious now.

    Talk about the "greatest video game love story ever told", that little sister is just some spoiled girl who really enjoyed herself being in this forbiden love tragety, whining and complaining how her parents being the villians in her love story, but at the same time she didn't even notice or care a bit that her parents's marriage was on the edge already. She is just too shallow to make me care for her and her love story, no matter who she is in love with.

    Well, since it is free on PS+ now I guess more console players can see it for themselves. I really don't recommend it and I feel sorry for those who paid 20 dollars for this game and turned out to have similar feelings like me. And I surely will stay away from the games by the developers of this game in the future.

    Whoever decided to make this game free on PS+, you might have made a mistake. You really should keep selling it at 20 dollars so less people will find out this game was over-priced and over-rated.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#27 Best PS4 Game of 2016
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#31 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2016
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#35 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2016

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Gameblog.fr
    Apr 21, 2016
    80
    Gone home is a beautiful story told with talent. The total immersion and storytelling brings a sense of renewal in the world of video games. Unfortunately, its lifespan is too short: two hours are enough to see the end. This console port is, by the way, excellent.
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  2. GameSpew
    Apr 9, 2016
    60
    It’s a shame that Gone Home is a bit of a non-starter. It has a lot of potential; the game is genuinely captivating whilst you’re playing it – it’s just unfortunate that it leaves you so disappointed once you’ve reached its conclusion. The human story it tries to tell is relatable, but it’s a story that’s so ordinary it’s barely even worth telling. By all means, play Gone Home for the exploration; for the 90’s nostalgia and for its down-to-Earth quirks, but don’t go into it expecting anything mindblowing. Expect a grounded story about a typical family and you won’t be disappointed, but anything else will leave you feeling rather underwhelmed.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Mar 31, 2016
    70
    Don’t look at its brevity with a frown: Gone Home is a hugely important game with something meaningful to say. [April 2016, p74]
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