Unpacking

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  1. RuriGokou
    Jun 17, 2022
    3
    Unpacking has nice pixel art and nice music but that's about all it has going for it. You know, that seems to be the trend in a lot of indie games too. They have a nice aesthetic but when it comes to anything resembling gameplay it's bad. Unpacking is no different.

    The game has an option to allow you to put the items where ever you want. So you can move to the next stage easily, but I    Unpacking has nice pixel art and nice music but that's about all it has going for it. You know, that seems to be the trend in a lot of indie games too. They have a nice aesthetic but when it comes to anything resembling gameplay it's bad. Unpacking is no different.

    The game has an option to allow you to put the items where ever you want. So you can move to the next stage easily, but I didn't use that option at first. I wanted to play normally. I got through the first two stages and I was done with this game. After that the game just gets so boring because it's the same thing. Unpack objects and put them in a place. The only thing that changes is they had more rooms with more stuff to unpack!

    I don't know why it's labeled as a puzzle game because there really isn't any puzzle to it. The only puzzle was trying to figure out just what the hell some items were. A kind of description box or label as you hover over something would have been great. For example, in stage two you open a box with some art supplies. There is one item that I thought was a tube of paint since it was with a bunch of art supplies. Turns out it was toothpaste!

    I read a lot of the negative Steam reviews and I agree the price is WAY too high for the amount of content. There hardly is any! I would even argue the game is just too long for this kind of theme. Maybe they should have had three seperate stories instead of one long woke one? There is nothing fun about unpacking in real life, and they didn't make it fun in any way for this game.

    And from what little I could get of a "story" is that this woman, who is bad at unpacking her things by herself, has one bad relationship with a guy so she becomes a lesbian, and she raises a kid with her partner. I wish I knew this was a woke game first. I wouldn't have bought it. A family consists of a man and a woman.

    I'm tired of reading reviews about indie games. Saying something like, "I can see a lot of heart was put into the game, but..." or "It's got a lot of good things about it but..." You can dress up a turd with sugar and chocolate but it still doesn't change the fact it's still a turd.    … Expand

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  1. COGconnected
    May 23, 2022
    89
    For such a small game, the meaning and intent behind it is large. It made me think of all the things I’d had to leave behind between moves, especially after moving from a small town to a big city. As you progress, you’ll note some stuff that isn’t there in the later moves despite being there for the first couple. There’s also something inherently intimate about moving someone’s belongings around. It’s not just general things like clothing, cookware and more, but also toiletries and undergarments, it just feels more real. If you’ve had a long day and just want to play a fun laidback game or if you like organizing things or if you need a moment of self-reflection, Unpacking is a wonderful game that really needs more recognition and love.
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