Last Day of June

 PlayStation 4
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7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 57 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 16 out of 57
  3. Negative: 9 out of 57

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  1. SplitMind
    Oct 23, 2020
    6
    Last Day of June is an indie darling that tries to break the mould and think outside the box. It achieves this to a certain degree, however it's not as original as it would like you to think. Shadow of Memories on the PS2 tried a similar concept and gained a cult following, However, this is not 2001.

    The mechanics in LDOJ I found to be very tedious and repetitive, relying on trial and    Last Day of June is an indie darling that tries to break the mould and think outside the box. It achieves this to a certain degree, however it's not as original as it would like you to think. Shadow of Memories on the PS2 tried a similar concept and gained a cult following, However, this is not 2001.

    The mechanics in LDOJ I found to be very tedious and repetitive, relying on trial and error. The underlying story is fantastic, and to be honest I would rather have engaged in a 2 hour game that delivered this story rather than having to repeat and retry sections of a game to learn of different endings ala Groundhog Day.

    The scenery and graphics in LDOJ are actually something to behold. The simplicity offers a lot to interpretation. The lack of eyeballs mean our imaginations are stoked though vocal inflections and animations.

    Despite all this, LDOJ is a difficult game to recommend. I am weary of the AAA offerings so I seek a different approach. Indie games can be very hit or miss and LDOJ falls somewhere between this. I would probably suggest other games such as Two Brothers or Thomas Was Alone.    … Expand
  2. Dariya
    Jul 1, 2021
    9
    Summary:
    A touching and sad story. Nice graphics, characters, memorable experience.
  3. SuperkenGaming
    Aug 31, 2017
    7
    Last Day of June
    A Beautiful Story
    Last Day of June is a narrative focused adventure game where you play as multiple charcters in a town on the same day After spending the day on the lake with your wife on your way home a child who goes to retrieve his ball from the road causes you to swerve and crash This puts you in a wheelchair and your wife is now dead. So you go through    Last Day of June
    A Beautiful Story
    Last Day of June is a narrative focused adventure game where you play as multiple charcters in a town on the same day
    After spending the day on the lake with your wife
    on your way home a child who goes to retrieve his ball from the road causes you to swerve and crash
    This puts you in a wheelchair and your wife is now dead.
    So you go through paintings to go back in time to stop this
    first playing as the boy…
    The goal of the game is to know the outcome and trigger events to stop it from happening
    so youll be running around the world trying to stop this boy from going into the road for example at first..
    But preventing this will cause another problem for you to go back and fix.. causing a bit of a butterfly effect so youll be playing as 4 characters in this town on the same day trying to make sure everyones day goes perfect, that nothing could possibly go wrong so that you can get your wife home safe…
    The game in turn is one giant puzzle, it will have you unlocking paths with characters to have to fail on purpose to only go back in time as the other characters you’ve already played as to now have a different fate so that other characters can use items that they needed
    until finally you have the perfect balance of outcomes..
    it’s a really enjoyable game of problem solving with a beautiful story of a man willing to do whatever it takes to save his wife
    The gameplay isn’t ground breaking, and frustratingly you cant skip scenes you’ve already scene…
    When you do go back to play as characters thankfully the game will start where you need to be to make a different choice and not force you to play through that characters entire day again…
    but you have to watch how their day plays out over and over even if you know youre messing things up on purpose for the time being just to free an item for someone else
    This is really my only complaint with the entire game…
    The rest of it I loved
    the story is told through mumbles,
    but will still touch your heart
    I give Last Day of June
    a 7.5/10    … Expand
  4. Alvokun
    Aug 4, 2022
    8
    This game may not be entirely successful in terms of gameplay, but the story does work. It manages to transmit the tragedy of the character to the player and makes you think about chance and the fragility of life in general. I advise this game if you want a relaxed but meaningful experience.
  5. emporio2866
    Jul 5, 2019
    7
    Очень качественная инди-игра с нетривиальным подходом почти во всём.
    Это грустная история в стиле эффекта бабочки, дело в том, что всю дорогу мы будем пытаться исправить произошедшее, играя за разных персонажей и меняя ход истории. Поменяли сюжетную линию одного, но поломали линию другого, починили другого - поломали третьего и так далее. Открывая персонажей, продвигаемся по небольшим, но    Очень качественная инди-игра с нетривиальным подходом почти во всём.
    Это грустная история в стиле эффекта бабочки, дело в том, что всю дорогу мы будем пытаться исправить произошедшее, играя за разных персонажей и меняя ход истории. Поменяли сюжетную линию одного, но поломали линию другого, починили другого - поломали третьего и так далее. Открывая персонажей, продвигаемся по небольшим, но детализированным локациям, находя новые возможности для героев - перепроходим опять за прошлых персов, используя новые варианты развития событий в новых локациях. Эти изменения могут поломать ранее исправленную линию другого персонажа и уже придётся чинить сломанное ранее, не уничтожив прогресс другого персонажа… короче, интересно это всё и затягивает весьма неплохо. Из минусов только малая продолжительность сюжетной линии, примерно 5 часов и линейность, хоть сначала кажется, что вариантов много, но не сделав «как надо» не откроется новый герой и просто не будет прогресса, а вы будете ходить по кругу:(

    С точки зрения технологичности графика на низко-среднем уровне, но работа художников наоборот на высоком, из-за чего картинка радует глаз и заставляет рассматривать чуть ли не каждый сантиметр пространства - очень атмосферная деревенька получилась.
    Музыка бесподобна - для игры написали целый ряд партитур идеально дополняющих тон повествования, а также зачастую выходящие на первый план… композитор могёт прямо неистово!

    Что мы имеем: красивая визуальная составляющая, шикарное звуковое сопровождение и затягивающий сюжет, хоть и короткий. Казалось бы, 10 из 10 на кончиках пальцев дайте два, но не всё так просто.
    Персонажи очень странные - у них нет глаз и они не разговаривают, а что-то бубнят как в играх про Марио, поэтому нужно собирать воспоминания, дабы раскрыть персонажей, но раскрытие не помогает им сопереживать из-за их комичности. Смотрите, история у нас трагичная под соответствующую музыку, главный герой страдает, но как только начинаешь играть за другого перса, то оказываешься в деревне дураков из ситкома «Каламбур», где тоже выглядели герои как идиоты и издавали бессмысленные звуки, правда, под веселую музыку, благодаря чему картинка складывалась. Тут же задаёшься вопросом: как вы дожили до своих лет, когда вам как солдату из анекдота гирю нельзя доверить, которую вы либо смотаете либо потеряете?
    В общем, не подходит поведение персонажей и их общая несуразность под тон повествования, из-за чего на слезу не прошибает!
    Тем не менее, кое о чём я всё же задумался после прохождения, а значит все усилия сценаристов и разработчиков были не напрасны + порадовал глаза и уши потрясающей картинкой и звуком!

    Моя оценка 7 из 10 - это крепкий проект, стоящий своих денег и достойный ознакомления.    … Expand
  6. BipolarSmile
    Jul 16, 2022
    7
    A nice heartfelt story with great music.
    The art design is unique.
    The gameplay is a bit repetitive.
  7. Giulinho99
    Apr 2, 2021
    8
    Titolo molto introspettivo, basato sull'emotività che prova il singolo individuo di fronte a tempi fondamentali come amore e perdita. Il gameplay basilare combinato ad una storia abbastanza intrigante lo rendono un piccolo gioiellino.
  8. Alex8086
    Jul 18, 2022
    6
    Интересный сюжет. Не понравилось освещение игры, а также графика персонажей. Можно было сделать хотя бы глаза персонажам. А так в целом очень даже не плохо.
  9. libeccio
    Jan 29, 2022
    7
    It is indeed a "touching and sad story", about loss and the process of dealing with it. i loved both concept and design of this game: it takes place in a small fable-like village, animated by 7 funny and likable characters whose lives are intertwined.
    after a tragic event you get to try to rewrite the past.
    the only really annoying thing about this game is that you can't skip scenes,    It is indeed a "touching and sad story", about loss and the process of dealing with it. i loved both concept and design of this game: it takes place in a small fable-like village, animated by 7 funny and likable characters whose lives are intertwined.
    after a tragic event you get to try to rewrite the past.
    the only really annoying thing about this game is that you can't skip scenes, which in this case is much worse than usual because you will eventually have see over and over the same scenes as you try to change some of them.
    a short game, i don't mind short games, but still those unskippable scenes made it feel quite tedious at times and distracted me from the deep meaning behind changing every little detail in these peoples day.
    the ending is different and meaningful.    … Expand
  10. Johnsonsteed91
    May 4, 2023
    8
    This game is a little gem. Nothing hard, story isn’t hard to follow, rather simple but effective. The devs did a nice job with this one, weren’t swinging for the fences or half-job’n the game. For a game with some unique graphic design and no real dialog or voice acting, I really got into it. For trophies, all bronze no platinum and straight forward. Good game to complete after a hard oneThis game is a little gem. Nothing hard, story isn’t hard to follow, rather simple but effective. The devs did a nice job with this one, weren’t swinging for the fences or half-job’n the game. For a game with some unique graphic design and no real dialog or voice acting, I really got into it. For trophies, all bronze no platinum and straight forward. Good game to complete after a hard one or grindy one and you the sound track is perfect for the vibe here.… Expand
  11. delfierro006
    Jan 11, 2023
    7
    The game was a wonderful surprise because it was available on PS PLUS premium. Otherwise, I loved the music, story and the puzzles. Lastly, it is a story that gets to you but in a good way.
  12. P-Daniele
    Jun 3, 2023
    8
    se virginia mi ha insegnato una cosa è che creare una bella storia senza usare dialoghi non è affatto facile, ma almeno in questo caso l'obbiettivo è pienamente riuscito, riuscente a portare in scena una storia non volutamente incassata, ma proprio per questo motivo anche bella piacevole da seguire.
    anche dal punto di vista ludico ci sarà un passo in avanti rispetto a questa tipologia di    se virginia mi ha insegnato una cosa è che creare una bella storia senza usare dialoghi non è affatto facile, ma almeno in questo caso l'obbiettivo è pienamente riuscito, riuscente a portare in scena una storia non volutamente incassata, ma proprio per questo motivo anche bella piacevole da seguire.
    anche dal punto di vista ludico ci sarà un passo in avanti rispetto a questa tipologia di giochi, dato che dovremo esplorare una mappa per nulla estesa, dove controlleremo vari personaggi, e ognuno di essi ci permetterà di poter accedere a determinate zone che altri personaggi non potrebbero raggiungere da soli, permettendo di sbloccare vie e passaggi per tutti. questa meccanica ci permetterà di raggiungere determinati collezionabili che racconteranno tramite 5 foto la storia del personaggio di turno.
    nel gioco dovremo cercare un modo per impedire un certo evento, portando gli altri personaggi a fare altre azioni, nulla di complicatissimo, che risulta abbastanza guidato, ma comunque ben proposto.
    la parte dove il gioco riesce meno e quando ti fa rivedere determinati filmati svariate volte rendendo il tutto un po più lento del necessario.
    comunque nel suo complesso il gioco riesce perfettamente nel suo obbiettivo, quello di raccontarti una bella storia, senza sacrificare del tutto la parte ludica.
    voto 80    … Expand

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Gaming Age
    Nov 13, 2017
    100
    Really, that balance of sadness and nostalgia captures what Last Day in June is all about. You’ll come away from it feeling a little heartbroken, but sometimes that’s what great art does to you — and make no mistake, this is some pretty exceptional art.
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  2. RPG Site
    Nov 3, 2017
    70
    To anyone that enjoys narrative games, Last Day of June is worth an afternoon playthrough. It's not perfect and those looking for more substantial gameplay may not be impressed, but those that can put up with a few gameplay hiccups will have an emotional story to work through.
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  3. DarkStation
    Nov 3, 2017
    80
    The Last Day of June is closer to a work of art than a game. It does more than just entertain. It imprints a lasting impression and a distinctive experience, like one special day you’d share with your loved ones, embolden with a compelling story, blissful music and exceptional art direction, and only slightly marred by the repetitive nature of the gameplay itself. I strongly recommend this title to anyone who’d like to enjoy an exclusive experience that only a work of art can offer.
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