Drowning

 PlayStation Vita
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Metascore
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  • Summary: Drowning is a short game about a boy who quickly discovers he has depression in his earlier years of high school.

    Walk through a variety of beautiful low-poly environments as a story unfolds about how he learns to live with his inner demon. You will play in the eyes of a young boy starting    Drowning is a short game about a boy who quickly discovers he has depression in his earlier years of high school.

    Walk through a variety of beautiful low-poly environments as a story unfolds about how he learns to live with his inner demon. You will play in the eyes of a young boy starting out high school in year 7, and play through his following years, where he learns that living with depression is like living with someone trying to put you down all the time.

    Walk through all the beautiful environments with a lovely soundtrack that suits the current mood of the game, and find all the hidden endings.    … Expand

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  1. Gaming Age
    Mar 7, 2019
    91
    Drowning shows that if you want to convey something as deeply personal as experiencing depression, you do so by making a game that feels deeply personal. It may not always be comfortable to sit through, but it draws you in and makes you care about its main character in a way that few other games can match.

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  1. Soleride
    Feb 8, 2019
    8
    Games like Drowning are a rarity these days to present a game with a theme as sensitive as depression and execute it so well for an indieGames like Drowning are a rarity these days to present a game with a theme as sensitive as depression and execute it so well for an indie developer is not something you come across too often. I played this on the PlayStation Vita, the game runs smoothly its a "walking simulator" tells the story of somebody living with depression and as you progress through the story you end at the normal ending. There are three routes to take each one fleshing out more of the story as you go. Graphically its very well done and playable too, no glitches at all that i had encountered.

    Gameplay 7/10
    Music / Atmosphere 8/10
    Story 9/10

    I would highly recommend playing this game its a lot faster paced than Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and gives you the same sense of exploration as EGTTR too which is a nice bonus and if you get the PS Vita version you can experience this story on the go as its perfect fit for the console to kill a couple hours too.    … Expand