i did not notice one single treasure chest the entire game and i don’t believe i was ever given the option of going on without the girl. i was forced to walk with her every time.

and the creator even said you can spend time exploring the area and going south? someone help me out.

Trying to connect with a pixelated character on a screen is a rather hard task, and the act of “trying” to connect because of this barrier seems to go against true feelings, because it’s forced, and thus I don’t really find any kind of deep meaning there.

I also understand the meaning behind it to an extent, but there also gets to be a point where people try and come up with what they think the game means, and really stretch out the possible means so far that it borders on ridiculousness.

I’m glad people felt something from it though. More power to you if you can connect and possibly get some insight out of it!

It is a huge impact for folks in their 30s when they play this game.

And I got over 1,000 simply by going right straight through life (and picked up the woman.)

What I don’t get is the only thing you can do is walk around and open up treasure boxes, while repeatedly getting stuck on walls (unless you go solo). Now I understand there’s some sort of metaphore for life and choices you make, but I don’t find it remotely entertaining as a game.

I’ve read how some people became somewhat depressed or even cried at the end of their experience. Maybe it’s just me, mind, but I do get a much bigger kick out of reading a good book or appreciating a painting, or even just by having deep conversations with people. With this, I don’t connect, and I find it frustrating to see so many others appear to get a jolt here when I don’t.

It’s sad because I was really looking forward to play this after your talk two years ago at MIGS. I’ve seen similar reactions with three of my immediate colleagues, which adds to the confusion as why the rest of the world seems to adore this :S