Farewell North

This game broke me, absolutely shattered me.. but it was worth it for the beautiful story it told of a familys love for their beloved Chesley. hgihly recommend for any pet lovert, but have a whole box of tissues ready, youve been warned

100/10 I bought this game two weeks before my dog Charles passed away. It sat in my library untouched for a while, and the week after he passed, I was going through my un-played games and stumbled across this one, deciding that with the est. playtime being around 7 hours, I'd give it a try. What followed was the most beautifully told story about grief, love, and the joy of life that I've ever seen. It made me fall in love with Chesley and Cailey, and reminded me to hold onto the good times long gone despite the sadness it might bring. This is a genuine masterpiece of a game, and for anyone out there thinking about getting it, absolutely do, it is more then worth your time.

You play as a dog following your human companion dealing with grief through the Scottish isles. Beautiful artwork and soundtrack is 10/10! Moving story with lots of little things to discover. Love the ode to Gaelic language. I recommend the developers add a map function or something to help navigate the many different islands because it was hard to keep track of where I'd been to before while kayaking. In the end I got too frustrated with navigating and just finished the main storyline. Got this game through Game Club.

Absolutly loved this game! The entire game feels liek a love letter to the creator's culture and childhood. The world feels so rich with life and the gameplay/puzzle mechanics are fun. Not only that, but it's paired with an amazing story that is universally relateabe. I couldn't help but think about how one day I will be going through the same things as Cailey and I hope I can manage it as well as her. I also love little details like Cailey's namge changing to her Gaelic name in the subtitles if you bag all the Munros and learn her real name. Lastly, all the gameplay mechanics that you learn thoughout the islands come together perfectly on the last island in such a satisfying way. Runs great on Deck as well! I did enounter a few issues where things weren't triggering and I had to reload the game. Some iof the islands are quite large and anvigating/backtracking them for collectibles is a bit of a pain, but they reward you with so much story it's worth it! Loved the way the jounral fills up as you repair the lighthouses. Jumping is also a bit janky, sometimes Chess would over jump a landing, even when the auto aim jump sign was showing. This led me to getting stuck in a couple areas and having to reset the game again. Overall a solid game that I highly reccomend and I'm so glad I played it.

I had guests sleeping in the next room while I played this and had to stifle my sobs.

10/10, cried so hard at the end haha, lovely game, so much meaning and depth, you guys did a great job with the game, thank you for making this <3

Very sweet and emotional game. The visuals are gorgeous. Music is fantastic. Short game if you want it to be but tons of extra content to come back to or just to explore the beautiful landscapes. I feel like this is the type of game I will return to, maybe even when it is more relevant to me and really benefit from the catharsis. This game is absolutely a hidden gem, highly recommend!

Nowadays I'm way more interested in the story-🏁-% instead of júst the rating-%(s) and [i]Farewell North[/i], as of writing, was unlocked by ónly 19.6% ... While usually not interested in Walking Simulators at all, it's great that our loyal companion can run by default and then there's a sprint stamina, which can be increased over time 💡Still, sometimes I was just forced to walk and at times I couldn't even jump — being on rails while paying attention to the narrative. Speaking of it, it was personally too much talk for me at times while moving at the same time, but above all, [b]I failed to click with the (new) owner/daughter[/b]; i.e. I constantly noticed a mismatch between her and the (fine) voice acting, which is essentially due to barely any facial expression and overall I didn't really feel invited/comforted, sadly. I'm by no means an expert in this department, but with otherwise beautiful graphics and a fine-looking dog, what was up with this?! 🤔 Fortunately the only crucial aspect while otherwise an audiovisual gem! In terms of gameplay? Well, it gets progressively better and there's even some Stealth later on, but sometimes it had become a drag and repetitive occasionally — with the herding of 🐑🐑 for instance; that, I've witnessed in real life up in the hills multiple times and it's already more fun to watch. Anyway, together with that and some forced walking, it felt the game's length was unnecessary stretched at times. I loved to extend my playtime while exploring though, but it still felt limited, and I managed to get stuck a few times, so — needless to say — it indeed shouldn't have the [i]Open World[/i]-🏷️ 8/10 — Could surely add some 💧 in case of Augmented Reality 🎼