10 INCREDIBLE Video Games You Can Finish In Under 5 Hours
8. What Remains Of Edith Finch
Dear young Edith is a sweet lady who travels back to her old family home in the wilderness in order to try to understand the mystery behind the curse that the Finch family has suffered for several generations - one that causes them to all die in tragic and unnatural circumstances.
Gameplay allows us to take control of her various family members, ranging in age from grandparent to infant child, and experience the stories behind their untimely demises. The strangest thing about this game is the tone. You might expect from my description that the whole game would be dark, scary even, or sad, when in actuality, there is a peculiar peacefulness, even humour, surrounding each of the tragic stories.
Yes, even the deaths of children are somehow portrayed in a strangely lighthearted way.
This is because the underlying meaning of What Remains of Edith Finch is that we have to make the most of the time we have, however much or little that may be, and live life to its fullest. It’s a genuine masterpiece that everyone should take a few short hours out of their day to experience for themselves, even just for that one hilarious roly-poly shark scene.