Normally I’m very bad at video games so I shy away from them. But after hearing about what the game “Never Alone” was about it had interested me into buying it and trying it out for myself. I’ll admit, the first 15 minutes of playing it was not a fun time because it’s difficult to navigate two players with barely an experience on PC gaming. But slowly I started getting used to the game. I love the character design and the development of the story as it goes on.
The concept art between the story and the three dimensional game was so enjoyable because you can really tell the developers had spent the time and effort to trying to make the artwork seem like it’d be something you witness on the wall of a cave. The elderly that voices over the story just adds another touch to why this game is successful in my opinion. Not only do they include the language but the story is nicely integrated into the game so it doesn’t feel forced.
The game also has a clever way of embedding video stories of actual people to relate to the chapter of the game. Every time the owl would show up there’d be another clip, and you can really tell how the developers incorporated these actual stories into the development of each level in the game. It’s incredible to listen and watch the videos, cause often times we don’t connect video games to real life.
I feel like this could be a great start to something, and maybe helping people in understanding how certain cultures are so we don’t blanket stereotype certain aspects of culture for people. But, honestly I enjoy the aesthetics of the artwork in this game and how well everything had been integrated. Mostly cause sometimes when people try and make educational video games they aren’t putting in all the time and effort to really understand or get to know a culture, they’ll just create it and hope that people will enjoy it.