![]() ![]() For example, most clothing can be folded or hung and an anatomical drawing puppet can be put in different positions. Every item that you can find is lovingly crafted with many having multiple different ways that they can be set up or placed, which gives different looks and shapes to objects. Unpacking is a masterwork of pixel art, in my opinion. even if I know that the creators say that they’re satisfied with what is already here. It’s a game that makes me want to share it and has me craving more. I got through the entire game in one sitting while home on my own one day and I have been trying to get other people to play it as well ever since. It’s not a particularly long journey, only a few hours long in length, depending on how indecisive you are on where to put things, but it’s time well spent. The entire game exudes chill and calming vibes that had me relaxed into my couch more and more with each level. While I might use it for the sake of silliness in where I am able to put things, it’s an option that I am sure that other people will need for other reasons, so I was glad to see it. I appreciated that there was also an option for the sake of accessibility in the settings that would allow you to place items wherever you would like, removing the puzzle elements to entirely remove any remaining stress from this already stress free game. In fact, there are even some special nooks and crannies to put things that you might not initially think of, such as the ability to put pajamas under your pillows. The game is pretty lenient most of the time, though, and there are various spots where you can place something and still be okay. Other times it could come down to a difference in how I viewed appropriate storage of items. ![]() A lot of the time this made sense to me, like when I had mistakenly left the hairbrush in the sink rather than beside it. Once you have pulled everything out and put things away, items that the game deems to be in inappropriate spots will be highlighted red. It’s all very straightforward at a glance where there is space for your knickknacks, clothes, and stuffed animals. Your main goal is to simply unpack the boxes and put things in various places that you think would suit them best. The mechanics that are on display here are rather simple. It’s a sweet wholesome game that made me feel a lot of love. ![]() I’m not one to talk to myself while playing games a whole lot, but when I reached the last stages of the game, I was gasping aloud and asking the questions that came to my mind into my empty apartment as I had gotten so invested in her story. What comes with you and what do you leave behind? What things need to be tucked away hidden in drawers and what do you leave out in the open? Where are you moving? Are you on your own or is there someone there with you? Across just eight stages we see the whole life of our character from childhood through adulthood, taking in so may different stages that she experienced. It’s emotionally effecting in a way that I didn’t expect it to really be. I know she loves art and her stuffed animals.Įverything that is told is by what is brought along and what is left behind and how things can be placed in the levels. I know she is a fan of both video games and board games, that she played Dungeons and Dragons for a good long time, but it took years for her to actually get around to learning to paint her miniatures. For example, I knew from the very beginning that the character was Jewish from one of her possessions and did suspect that she was a girl, only for the next level to fully confirm it when unpacking all her underwear and feminine hygiene products. We never see the character that we are moving all over the place aside from a single shot from the back after the credits, but there is so much that I could tell you. It very clearly comes from a place of love and from that experience and that really shows in all the detail that was put into the game. The core idea for Unpacking seems to have come from a very personal place for the creator, initially conceptualized while helping their significant other move into their apartment. It took me a while, but I finally got around to playing and after busting through the entire game in one sitting, I just had to get my thoughts about Unpacking out in a review. So, obviously a game all about unpacking boxes after a move and organizing is one that would be the perfect one for me, right? Not really, but that doesn’t mean that my eye wasn’t caught when I spotted this one on social media. It took me a whole year after moving to finish unpacking everything for both of the major moves that I have taken in my life and I am chronically disorganized. ![]()
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