Know by Heart

Know by Heart

released on Feb 10, 2022

Know by Heart

released on Feb 10, 2022

Childhood friends reunite after spending a long time apart, revisiting old memories and rekindling their friendship. However, something beyond their control will ruin this reunion.


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The plot is too dry, everything from the creators of the Pathologic is somehow too mundane.

Слишком сухой сюжет, от создателей мора как то слишком все приземленно.

Очень приятная игра.

Where is Nasway Wars 2, Ledorub'i?!

a more conventional ice-pick lodge game that doesn't line up as neatly with the rest of their catalogue, but also has some of their trademark dread hiding under the surface. this game has a message that it wants to convey and mostly gets there, but it is let down a little by a lack of tonal self-awareness that leads to some eye-rollingly cheesy moments. it also seems to rely on inspirations from a particular film that may seem obvious by the end of the game to others.

all in all, there's still something unique here that definitely deserves more attention than it got. in that sense, i guess it is a typical ice-pick lodge game.

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Aunque lo pueda parecer al principio, no es un ejercicio dulzón de nostalgia sino una exploración de los recuerdos como conexión entre las personas y un olvido inevitable borrando estas conexiones.

Versión larga: https://yosoyira.medium.com/know-by-heart-e9a920eb0ce1

This review contains spoilers

Not a bad game at all means, but an irky one. I feel like there are several lessons learnt from the Pathologic games that have been translated well into a point and click adventure, but I feel like the mechanics telling you stories and the game hiding the narrative deviations are virtues so consistent that keeps you playing once the ball starts rolling. The thing is that the start of the game is really dull and I feel there are some things that aren't cohesive (I feel that the memory theme is really interesting, but damn if the game makes an elipsis just when I would like to see more, since I want to see how people forget each other and (re)construct their relationships once the pandemic comes).