This game is definitely not for everyone but I did enjoy it despite some frustration over the game play. I even got my girlfriend to play it. The Path is more an interactive piece of art with very feminine overtones and by that I do not mean it's your "Hello Kitty Island Adventure". What I do mean is that the imagery and abstractions relate to growing up as a woman and losing your innocence in every sense of the word. So basically how The Path works is that you are presented with a selection of 6 different girls to play on start. On selection you are given one task - go to grandma's house and spend some quality time with her. After some credit screen roll and a simple explanation of the controls you are left on the road to grandma's house to follow. The road runs straight through this forest which of course you can endlessly wander into. If you do choose to walk on the road you eventually get to grandma's house with out any incident where you get to a room with your bed ridden grandma and (oddly) an out of place wolf. The game ends and tells you you've actually failed at the whole point of the game. The game is about exploration to the allegory of Little Red Riding Hood. If you don't explore, you don't grow, and you fail (at life) put simply. I like the atmosphere of the game but after possibly an hour or so (in this falsely immersive environment) it can get quite annoying on top of the frustration of figuring out how to engage in a game event that is triggered by being with in a proximity of a seemingly out of place object in the woods. My advice - try the game twice and then maybe listen to an Indigo Girls album during the whole process. You can find The Path on Steam for 9$ USD.
Monday, April 26, 2010
The Path
This game is definitely not for everyone but I did enjoy it despite some frustration over the game play. I even got my girlfriend to play it. The Path is more an interactive piece of art with very feminine overtones and by that I do not mean it's your "Hello Kitty Island Adventure". What I do mean is that the imagery and abstractions relate to growing up as a woman and losing your innocence in every sense of the word. So basically how The Path works is that you are presented with a selection of 6 different girls to play on start. On selection you are given one task - go to grandma's house and spend some quality time with her. After some credit screen roll and a simple explanation of the controls you are left on the road to grandma's house to follow. The road runs straight through this forest which of course you can endlessly wander into. If you do choose to walk on the road you eventually get to grandma's house with out any incident where you get to a room with your bed ridden grandma and (oddly) an out of place wolf. The game ends and tells you you've actually failed at the whole point of the game. The game is about exploration to the allegory of Little Red Riding Hood. If you don't explore, you don't grow, and you fail (at life) put simply. I like the atmosphere of the game but after possibly an hour or so (in this falsely immersive environment) it can get quite annoying on top of the frustration of figuring out how to engage in a game event that is triggered by being with in a proximity of a seemingly out of place object in the woods. My advice - try the game twice and then maybe listen to an Indigo Girls album during the whole process. You can find The Path on Steam for 9$ USD.
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