Over 18th months after I first started playing, I have finally finished the Final Fantasy 7 Remake. It's a fascinating, if sometimes laborious - I hear you Ed! - game. These are the kinds of things I think about because of Unpacking. Are they simply mementos or are they something more? Are these the objects we think define us, in some way, as adults - our things? Isn't it funny, for instance, the objects we carry around with us? We've probably had them for years, maybe ever since we moved out. And then all it takes is a cup too many, or a pair of shoes without a home, for the game to suggest a story.Īnd it's fascinating looking at them from the outside, situations like these, with perspective you once didn't have. But it's almost as if by removing the players from the story, it invites you to fill it in with you. It's remarkable how Unpacking does it, because it doesn't really seem to be doing anything. And it made me relive starting again, when life took a turn. It made me relive arranging all of my son's toys in his room, while he was at school, so it would look like a huge battle had taken place when he got home. It made me relive having someone move in with me, and the negotiation of space that followed. I expect you'll all feel this in Unpacking, which is what makes it such a powerful little game. It's not the same as the person's whose life you follow in the game, but it has similar moments.
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