Gone Home: Console Edition

 Xbox One
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4.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 88 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 88
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 88
  3. Negative: 45 out of 88

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  1. tim_spooker
    May 14, 2016
    5
    Not worth the money......

    Story was engaging and I enjoyed the short, maybe 2hour, play through....... but a let down as a whole

    As a game... it was way too short and devoid of reason to replay it......

    And all the praise for the story is a bit overblown........ its nothing earth shattering........ but enjoyable
  2. TheQuietGamer
    Oct 16, 2017
    7
    An interesting concept with one heck of a tale to tell. However the extreme of content and your severely limited interaction with it make more of an experience than an actual game. Have you ever wanted to have the house to yourself so you could dig around and unearth all of your family member's dirty little secrets? That's kind of the concept of Gone Home. After returning from abroad,An interesting concept with one heck of a tale to tell. However the extreme of content and your severely limited interaction with it make more of an experience than an actual game. Have you ever wanted to have the house to yourself so you could dig around and unearth all of your family member's dirty little secrets? That's kind of the concept of Gone Home. After returning from abroad, "Katie" comes home to find her family gone. Cryptic notes and secrets hidden around the house can help her put together the mystery of just where everyone went. A novel idea, but there's nothing to really do here outside of walk around and look at things. The reason you'll stick around is for the incredibly sweet story.

    The narrative in Gone Home is powerful and touching. Several side-stories are hidden in the notes scattered around the house, but they are nowhere near as interesting as the main plot. Getting through the game can be done in less than two hours and outside of some achievements there's no reason to come back. That's the problem with Gone Home. Not onl are you barely "playing" it, but the amount of content is so bare bones that it's just not worth the asking price. It's feels more like a tech demo for a program that could be used to actually make games, than something that should have been released to the public for $15.

    That being said, I don't regret my time with it. I loved the story, the house has a little bit of atmosphere to it, and it's just a good concept. Unfortunately, with a lack of puzzles, challenge, or any actual gameplay to go alongside that incredibly brief running time, I just can't recommend that anybody pay for this. Gone Home touched my heart with it's story and for that I'll say it is good. However, this is something you should simply not pay money for. I recommend that you experience it in some form at some point in your life, but purchasing this is just ridiculous for the lack of content you get. Especially at the price of $15.    … Expand
  3. Timgriff84
    Apr 26, 2017
    6
    In its day Gone Home was probably a game that raised the bar for story telling. However as a release on console it's dated. Really dated.

    For a start the puzzles aren't that great, there not bad but equally this isn't amazing. What's worse though is the atmosphere the game projects is great. There's this mystery that your solving, you read letters, find out difffernt things about the    In its day Gone Home was probably a game that raised the bar for story telling. However as a release on console it's dated. Really dated.

    For a start the puzzles aren't that great, there not bad but equally this isn't amazing. What's worse though is the atmosphere the game projects is great. There's this mystery that your solving, you read letters, find out difffernt things about the characters. It's gripping stuff and then you get to the end and the big reveal you were waiting for doesn't happen. There's a reveal, but it's dull. Really dull.

    Story games are fine, but they have to have a good story with a good end. This masters story telling but fails with the ending.    … Expand
  4. CenkAlp
    Mar 1, 2018
    5
    Hikaye = 6
    Oynanış = 6
    Grafikler = 6
    Sesler = 6
    Keyif = 4
    Atmosfer = 6
    Süre = 3
  5. SuperkenGaming
    Oct 4, 2017
    7
    Gone Home
    A Nostalgia Trip
    Gone Home is a 2 hr long walking Simulator where you play as Kaitlynn return home from Europe after studying abroad.. you come home to find a note from your little sister sam and an empty house you spend these 2 hours finding out where everyone went… the game is set in the mid 90s, it does a decent job at setting the house with nostalgic items like board    Gone Home
    A Nostalgia Trip
    Gone Home is a 2 hr long walking Simulator where you play as Kaitlynn return home from Europe after studying abroad.. you come home to find a note from your little sister sam and an empty house
    you spend these 2 hours finding out where everyone went…
    the game is set in the mid 90s, it does a decent job at setting the house with nostalgic items like board games, answering machines, vhs tapes, cassettes and game cartridges, though as a 90s kid myself.. none of this really hit me and brought me back…
    the house didn’t really feel 90s to me as everything sortve felt like decoration, the house didn’t really feel lived in to me…
    You can interactive with practically everything in the game, rotate items to inspect them, and the occasional note and letter will give more insight into what exactly happened, and who her parents were and what they did and their own problems theyre dealing with..
    Im not going to spoil the story, ill just say its really touching and heartbreaking at times..
    listening to the occasional voiced dialog while you explore this house is the best part of the game…
    however I feel this game is a tad bit overrated and I cant really go into why without spoiling the story…
    But once you play it I think the reason for this game getting such high scores will be fairly apparent..
    as the experience isn’t really that special… youre just looking through things, and stumbling on the occasional secret until you’ve found what you needed for the end game…
    I didn’t find game progression to be clever, I just felt my heartstring pulled on a little bit here and there…
    Gone Home is a good experience..
    but it isn’t this masterpiece you’ve been hearing about for years
    I give Gone Home
    a 7/10    … Expand
  6. MajinVegeta1986
    Sep 2, 2019
    5
    It almost annoys me that anyone would give this game less than top marks. Like many a game, I downloaded Gone Home while bored on a lazy afternoon. That was around three years ago, and to this day I remember it as being one of the most rewarding gaming experiences of my life. If you think you know what to expect, you don't. It's much more.

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  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Mar 5, 2016
    70
    Light on action and adrenaline but filled with atmosphere, this isn't your typical Xbox game - and all the more powerful for it. A luxury purchase, but an experience to savour. [March 2016, p.77]
  2. ICXM
    Jan 15, 2016
    95
    Gone Home is a phenomenal game and should be considered an achievement for the entire gaming industry. It takes conviction to tell a story like this. I can't give Fullbright enough credit for making this game. The game is filled with masterful storytelling and real life lessons. It nails the mysterious atmosphere perfectly.
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