Unpacking is a delightful and charming puzzle game, one that perfectly takes a chore such as moving and perfectly shows how it can highlight the most important parts of out lives, allowing us to reflect upon them and the transitions we go through along the way. Unpacking is a satisfying, gorgeous and unexpectedly emotional dive into moving house and the importance of our possessions. Unpacking is a relaxing puzzle game that encourages you to reflect and move forward.
Unpacking is simple in concept but complex, interesting, and ultimately meditative in execution. Unpacking is truly a unique game that has done something no other video game has done before by crafting such a tremendously relatable character out of nothing but the rather mundaneness of unpacking boxes. Offering a beautiful canvas to work with, Unpacking is a calm and tactile little sim about something most of us would usually dislike.Įxplosion Network - Dylan Blight - 10 / 10 Starting in childhood and following a woman through a lifetime of reorganization, Unpacking is a habit forming and surprisingly emotional journey into one person's life.Įurogamer - Malindy Hetfeld - Recommended It isn’t just a fantasy where I’m more organised than in my real life, it’s a relaxing, stress-free experience that I will definitely revisit. I enjoyed the brief time I spent with Unpacking, and I’m not going to stop thinking about it before my next move.Ĭheckpoint Gaming - Pedro Cooray - 8 / 10īrisbane-based developer Witch Beam have made a delightful game that I know fans of Aussie indies have been looking forward to for a long time.
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But then… how much did it cost to go to the movies last time you went? Do you remember what you saw? Unpacking is going to stick with me at least as hard as the latest superhero movie I saw, and it’s going to make the next time I need to look for a new place that much more tolerable.