Essays on Empathy

I mostly only watched the documentary that was also presented alongside the games and the art involved to make said games, but so far I enjoyed it. I can't easily pinpoint why I would recommend it (although I will try), especially since I can believe people think this is too much to pay for a collection of games that are (mostly) free elsewhere. I guess, in the end, the simplest way to explain why is to say that the documentary pulled at my heartstrings. The conversations the devs have together aren't very structured (there is a structure, somewhere, but it's loose to say the least lmao), but they're real. I kinda sat there, listening, wondering why I was so touched. Why I kept playing the videos, one after the other, within one day, knowing that I could have spread it out, or rather, tried maybe experiencing the games they were talking about more than just opening them for a few seconds for the achievements. But I think it's probably because the stories themselves show me that there are people out there that create games and live off of it despite everything else around them. There's people out there - people who are willing to put their own stories forward in such a collection. I don't know. It's like 4 am as I am writing this. I don't have many concrete thoughts to say, if I am being honest. I just enjoyed seeing and geeting to know vignettes of the lives that made the games. And personally, even if 9/10 games are found elsewhere, even if you couldn't really care less about buying it exactly for that reason, I'd say the added documentary itself is worth the money I spent on this (especially since I bought it on sale in a bundle). The value lies in supporting this dev team, and in watching the videos where they all speak about the games they have made, and how, and their craft. Maybe those, in and of themselves, are the essays on empathy that are showcased. (Which the games sometimes fit, and sometimes don't, depending on the title.)

Some of these stories were hard to get through, heavy topics, intense emotions. The soundtrack's amazing.

Esta reseña es un "No" a medias. Solo recomendaría pagar por esta experiencia si queréis entender a fondo cómo ha evolucionado el estudio Deconstructeam desde sus inicios. Essays on Empathy simplemente es un compendio de juegos cortos con videos adjuntos comentando cada uno de ellos por sus creadores. De todos lo que he jugado ninguno me ha parecido lo suficientemente interesante para recomendarlo, lo cual es normal teniendo en cuenta que muchos de ellos han sido hechos en un fin de semana. No lo valoro como experiencia en si, sino como ventana al equipo que hay detrás de "The Red Strings Club" y su evolución a lo largo de los años en el desarrollo de videojuegos que les ha llevado a donde están ahora.

Great game which shows history and struggles of indy development, while allowing to appreciate art pieces of their career. While there's some glitches and junk in the games (especially first one, my God) the rising quality of craft makes games from 5th onward quite emotionally deep experiences and last game, made for this collection, made me reflect on my own relationship and close to tear up. Highly recommending.

Plusieurs jeux courts et aux graphismes simples, mais dont des perles originales et profondes.

Siempre adorando Deconstructeam <3

Essays on Empathy son una serie de aventuras gráficas (mitad juegos) que te darán horas de reflexión, misterio y aventura. Aunque unos de estos logran mejor su objetivo que otros, realmente es destacable la cantidad de títulos que han logrado hacer con esta estructura. Essays On Empathy es un regalo. Nos enseña lo que es la empatía. Nos da la oportunidad de experimentar lo que es sentirla.

画风很可爱，有些故事挺有意思的，但是小作坊的问题太多了。1、没有存档，遇到bug或者卡关必须重来。2、每个游戏的窗口大小都不一样，有的巨小无比，还没有放大的选项，加上像素字体，根本看不清在讲啥。3、每个游戏的操作和语言也不统一，指引也做得不好，每次打开一个都要重新适应，很恼火。4、没办法快进，重开的话看过的内容也无法跳过，有的主角走得巨慢，简直像为了水时长防退款的游戏。唯一支撑我没有退款的只有他们是小作坊，不能让小作坊做游戏亏本这个想法了。