Really interesting and diferent game.
It tells the story of a father who has an ill daughter and the sacrifices he does for her, mainly related with religious taiwanese traditions.
The location is just a house where we see the evolution it had during the 80s as well as the family story. That location has a great design, every little detail makes it feel really true and believable, I miss this aspect in many videogames.
The other virtue it has and the one that compensates a more conventional gameplay is that the way of telling things feel very artistic / cinematic. I'm a big fan of movies from Taiwan (my username comes from Rebels of the Neon God) and even if it couldn't be compared with arthouse movies a game like Devotion is not the usual way of telling things, of creating moods and ambients not only related with the screenplay as it often happens; it would be good to have more games following this path.
About the horror aspect, Devotion is more related with a dark / sadness feeling that permeates everything.
It tells the story of a father who has an ill daughter and the sacrifices he does for her, mainly related with religious taiwanese traditions.
The location is just a house where we see the evolution it had during the 80s as well as the family story. That location has a great design, every little detail makes it feel really true and believable, I miss this aspect in many videogames.
The other virtue it has and the one that compensates a more conventional gameplay is that the way of telling things feel very artistic / cinematic. I'm a big fan of movies from Taiwan (my username comes from Rebels of the Neon God) and even if it couldn't be compared with arthouse movies a game like Devotion is not the usual way of telling things, of creating moods and ambients not only related with the screenplay as it often happens; it would be good to have more games following this path.
About the horror aspect, Devotion is more related with a dark / sadness feeling that permeates everything.