- July 10, 2020
- Somi
- 5h median play time
The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother
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About The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother
The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother is a single player simulation game with a drama theme. It was developed by Somi and was released on July 10, 2020. It received mostly positive reviews from players.
The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer's psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.
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- The story is very personal, emotional, and moving, leaving a lasting impression on players.
- The music and atmospheric elements are beautiful and complement the story well.
- The game introduces various cipher types and has interesting puzzle-solving gameplay for those familiar with ciphers.
- The puzzles become overly difficult, unintuitive, and frustrating from the middle chapters onward, often requiring walkthroughs.
- The interface and text presentation cause readability issues, including awkward word breaks and repetitive animations leading to discomfort or headaches.
- The game feels more like a visual novel with added puzzles rather than a fully engaging game, and some players felt the story was overly personal to the point of discomfort.
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30 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe story is deeply personal and emotionally moving, often centered on family struggles and reconnection, which resonates with players in a melancholic mood. While some find it realistic and engaging, others feel it is familiar or overly focused on "daddy issues," with the narrative sometimes overshadowing the gameplay. Overall, the story is praised for its emotional depth but may not appeal to everyone, especially outside its cultural context.
“The story is very moving and personal, and I wanted to keep reading.”
“Thankfully the story made me intrigued until the end, and the short length feels just right for me.”
“A deeply personal story about a disjointed family reconnecting over a funeral as told in broken puzzle bits and literary pieces.”
“The puzzle-solving process was way too simple and a bit rough, which made it feel more like a bland short story than a puzzle game.”
“Irresponsible father who leaves his family behind, childhood poverty, a half-forced awkward family meeting that comes as a form of the funeral of a family member, this stereotypical story has been told before hundreds of times from the mouths and pens of others.”
“The story was a bore, weighed down with daddy issues.”
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The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother is a simulation game with drama theme. Common tags for The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother include indie, educational, exploration, narrative, pixel graphics and others.
The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.
On average players spend around 5 hours playing The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother.
The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother was released on July 10, 2020.
The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother was developed by Somi.
The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.
The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother is a single player game.
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