{"id":1934,"date":"2020-03-06T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T22:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2020-02-06T21:27:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T04:27:01","slug":"video-game-gris-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/06\/video-game-gris-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO GAME: Gris (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2018
Rating: E
Time Played: 3+ hours<\/p>\n

Much like Journey<\/em>, Gris<\/em> is an incredible fusion of art and video game. Taking a watercolor aesthetic and hauntingly beautiful music in stride to tell a subtle story of loss and recovery, Gris<\/em> ended up being a relaxing trot through its geometric world for me. Unfortunately, much like Journey<\/em>, the amount of effort that goes into making this game look beautiful was also probably why it ended up being so short. Even if I broke up the platforming gameplay into a few hour-long sessions, I could easily complete it in a long evening.<\/p>\n

In the end, the platforming of the game is relatively simple. There\u2019s a couple of puzzles that took me a moment to figure out, and I still haven\u2019t found all the hidden items, so I might come back and do a second play-through to complete it fully. The fact that I wanted to play it again shortly after reaching the end credits is a testament to the effect it had on me. Mostly, I just wanted to immerse myself in the visuals all over again. They were that good. They were so immersive that I thought I was controlling the character when some of the cut-scenes were occurring.<\/p>\n

While Gris<\/em> was a little longer than Journey<\/em>, I still think it would have benefitted from a bit of a Metroidvania style of exploration. As it stands, the character learns a new skill, works her way through the quadrant of the world that is associated with that skill, then moves on to the next quadrant. If I could go back and explore (and perhaps find those missing and hidden pieces) with the full suite of abilities, then maybe I would have held off on reaching the final ascension to the end credits.<\/p>\n

A hauntingly beautiful platformer that could have been longer, I give Gris<\/em> 3.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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