Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

[OldBloke]

I quite like the look of this one. Released today on Steam having been around for a year on PS4.

http://www.thechineseroom.co.uk/games/everybodys-gone-to-the-rapture/

Deep within the Shropshire countryside, the village of Yaughton stands empty. Toys lie forgotten in the playground, the wind blows quarantine leaflets around the silent churchyard. Down on Appleton’s farm, crops rustle untended, the early harvest abandoned halfway through. The birds lie where they have fallen. A pair of shoes hang from the overhead wires. The windmill continues to turn unobserved. Strange voices haunt the radio waves as uncollected washing hangs listlessly on the line. There is light in the wires. The televisions are tuned to vacant channels. Above it all, the telescopes of the Observatory point out at dead stars and endless darkness. And someone remains behind, to try and unravel the mystery.
Immerse yourself in a rich, deep adventure from award-winning developer The Chinese Room and investigate the last days of Yaughton Valley. Uncover the traces of the vanished community; discover fragments of events and memories to piece together the mystery of the apocalypse.
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

[Liberator]

Solved it... The petrol prices in that village are extortionate and so everyone upped and left, £1.75 a litre for petrol and £1.80 for diesel.

[albert]

Reminds me of my holiday on Dartmoor the other week there.

[smilodon]

On the other hand Harry's Cafe is very reasonable. I'm not sure but I think the actual answer to the puzzle is that apparently everybody has gone to the rapture, which would explain the empty town.

I've played a few of these open world wander about storytellers and then can be outstanding if the narrative and mood is done right. The Wolf Among Us is a classic example of a game where you don't spend your time wondering about what the big reveal is but actually enjoy the story as you go along. The bad ones hinge too much on what the actual big surprise is, so you just rush through trying to find out what's happening.

I'll read some reviews but £15 seems a decent price and I may well take a punt.

[OldBloke]

... I've played a few of these open world wander about storytellers and then can be outstanding if the narrative and mood is done right. The Wolf Among Us is a classic example ...

Not played that one. I'll check it out.

'Gone Home' was pretty good.

[albert]

Not played that one. I'll check it out.

'Gone Home' was pretty good.

Humble bundle have a Telltale games bundle open today, Wolf in Among the bundle