When The Past Was Around - Prologue

When The Past Was Around - Prologue

Steam Deck · unrated

Mojiken · Indie · Nov 4, 2019

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

94%
Very Positive
682 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 243 sampled reviews

Based on 682 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 243 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
100% of themes are praise243 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It has a calm, minimalistic overall feel to it, the music is lovely and it seems to be an integral part of the story.
65 of 243 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Definitely an experience that combines, visuals, sounds, and simple Point & Click puzzle-gameplay.
39 of 243 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Overall, I'm looking forward to it, I imagine the final product will be something more on the casual side, both story and gameplay.. but I hope they consider adding some complexity to the puzzles, cause with this beautiful art style.. the game does have the potential to deliver more than it does in this Prologue.
18 of 243 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
i like the look and feel of one. hand drawn is always a plus. i like the charactors and want to know more about them. the sound track is pleasent but gets too repetitive esp. if your like me and it takes you a billion years to solve even really simple puzzels :) all in all I like the game but want to know more about the characters.
16 of 243 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters65 reviews
Graphics39 reviews
Gameplay18 reviews
Audio16 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 5 sampled reviews and is not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
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Average playtime
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