Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture tells the story of the inhabitants of a remote English valley who are caught up in world-shattering events beyond their control or understanding. Made by The Chinese Room -- the studio responsible for the hauntingly beautiful Dear Esther -- this tale of how people respond in the face of grave adversity is a non-linear, open-world experience that pushes innovative interactive storytelling to the next level. This story begins with the end of the world.
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simon0w to Plastic Tramp
20 Jan 1613#18
Much more likely that a person picking fault in other people on a website comments section is leading a sad life.
sadrobot
20 Jan 168#9
Worth £6.79 of anybody's money. One of the best looking, best sounding, wonderfully acted, superbly written, most emotionally charged experiences I've had the pleasure of playing in a long time. Certainly not for everyone, granted (the COD generation wouldn't 'get it' at all!) but stick with it and it'll stick with you for a long time...!
decepticon_shadow
20 Jan 164#3
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm this is a good price BUT have been stung so many times with these great deals for them to be free on ps plus in a couple of months time. Anyone think we'll get it on ps plus in the next 6 months?
cannibalwombat
20 Jan 163#6
Visions of PS+. Reeks of freebie.
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dannyblind
20 Jan 16#1
good spot been wanting to play for ages but resisted because I thought in a couple of month it will be a ps plus monthly game. but 6.79... I don't mind paying that :smiley:
mattlong37051
20 Jan 16#2
Nearly bought this with some PSN credit I got at Christmas, glad I waited. Have some heat :smiley:
decepticon_shadow
20 Jan 164#3
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm this is a good price BUT have been stung so many times with these great deals for them to be free on ps plus in a couple of months time. Anyone think we'll get it on ps plus in the next 6 months?
BubaMan to decepticon_shadow
20 Jan 16#28
Not before Killzone and Knack :stuck_out_tongue:
Thinking the same though - with such mixed user reviews, I think I'll wait.
stfagos
20 Jan 16#4
Thank you very much OP!
smokingplunger
20 Jan 16#5
Bit of an odd game to be honest, that's if you can call it a game as such.
cannibalwombat
20 Jan 163#6
Visions of PS+. Reeks of freebie.
Tee_Doff23
20 Jan 16#7
Nice. I have been waiting for this to go on sale.
Mikilibaby128
20 Jan 16#8
nice,on sale
sadrobot
20 Jan 168#9
Worth £6.79 of anybody's money. One of the best looking, best sounding, wonderfully acted, superbly written, most emotionally charged experiences I've had the pleasure of playing in a long time. Certainly not for everyone, granted (the COD generation wouldn't 'get it' at all!) but stick with it and it'll stick with you for a long time...!
ayerz4291 to sadrobot
20 Jan 16#10
Yeah I definitely agree, I thought it maybe dragged on slightly longer than it should but it was very rewarding experience. I can certainly understand why some people wouldn't 'get' it so much. It lacks traditional elements of gaming but I'm enjoying this relatively new genre that seems to have emerged. Want to get The Vanishing of Ethan Carter next.
daveroy
20 Jan 16#11
Nice. I've been wanting this one for a while and was hoping for a price drop. Fingers crossed I don't get stung by it going free any time soon. Heat added.
sadrobot
20 Jan 162#12
Ooo! Thanks for pointing that one out - that must have bypassed me! Just gone to buy it now as it's in the PS sale. Thanks!
iwo
20 Jan 16#13
Did they ever fix the frame pacing on this?
fozzibear to iwo
20 Jan 161#27
I'm playing it now and the unlocked frame rate was obvious from the get go, check it out on digital foundry. I've got over it now and plodded on. I'm enjoying it thus far. I also enjoyed Dear Esther if that helps.
spliffhead
20 Jan 162#14
A beautiful "experience" of a game, happy to have paid full price when it came out.
Would love it if they cook up a Playstation VR version, that would be mindblowing.
GTeeee
20 Jan 16#15
Thanks. :-)
ds19815
20 Jan 16#16
Thanks! Been waiting for this to drop.
Plastic Tramp
20 Jan 161#17
What a sad life all these "I wonder if it'll be on PS Plus" people must live
simon0w to Plastic Tramp
20 Jan 1613#18
Much more likely that a person picking fault in other people on a website comments section is leading a sad life.
lordpt
20 Jan 16#19
Might pull the trigger on this one.
comshoplesce
20 Jan 16#20
Do yourself a favour, buy this. For this price it's a must.
You need 2 playthroughs for platinum tho hehe....or read a walkthrough if you like.
brookysm
20 Jan 16#21
Beautiful to look at, oddly compelling once you get into it its a shame that mine crashed out after 6 hours and lost all the hours gameplay so I couldn't be bothered going through it all again.
pbyron1
20 Jan 16#22
This won't be a game for everyone, it's a bit of a marmite game, but I loved it. More an interactive story than a game, really, but it's a good story. Think the best 70s Tales of the Unexpected Roald Dahl stories mixed with 90s tv classic Heartbeat.
The soundtrack is excellent, though. Jessica Curry is amazing and it's just a pity that the industry hasn't really recognised her enough for her effort making games like this.
GibsonSt19 to pbyron1
20 Jan 161#26
Accurate description :smiley:
sadrobot to pbyron1
20 Jan 161#33
Wholly agreed. I'm currently listening to the soundtrack now (I bought it after playing the game through for the first time). I feel it's one of the greatest game soundtracks of all time! Mix the soundtrack with the terribly heart-wrenching moments in the game, and I was in bits by the end of it!
I think I've played through the game about 7/8 times now and got all my achievements, and I'm still happy to wander around Yaughton soaking up the atmosphere.
If you buy the game and want to sprint everywhere, leap over gates, go in every house, crouch, backflip and shoot some aliens, then it's definitely not for you. Relax and enjoy it for the beauty that it is.
papasb
20 Jan 16#23
This is like walking through a film set of the radio show the Archers.
I think this is an excellent game, BUT I agree. This is not for everyone.
unkle1977
20 Jan 16#24
I've been waiting for this to drop for a while, I think I'll have to pick it up
937666
20 Jan 16#25
One of my favourite games ever, as you can probably guess!
Plastic Tramp
20 Jan 161#29
I'm actually very happy simon0w, I spend money to support creatives making interesting art, rather than worry about a slim chance of getting a freebie in 8 months time
PrinceRules64
20 Jan 16#30
I just don't understand how or why or where it's on sale. As far as I can tell it's not listed as deal of the week, it's not coming up under the January sale (I checked twice), and it's not even in the Playstation Plus Discounts section where it should also be regardless.
I'm not saying it's a mistake, it just leaves me wondering if there's anything else currently secretly on sale. If you can't trust the Console stores, you can't trust the PS Blog anymore, and you can't even trust the web store... how the hell are we supposed to find these deals?
Ah interesting site. Does it have DLC filters? A lot of my most wanted stuff is DLC, especially the ones that never go on sale... do you think it's worth signing up or just browse?
According to that site quite a lot of stuff was added today! Maybe there will be a blog post later, or maybe they'll get bundled into the January sale whenever they get around to it.
I have Octodad already, tried it but never got around to playing it properly. Looks like a great game, though seemingly requires a guide for the trophies.
Ah, the Digital Discounts section definitely wasn't there when I looked before, must have been newly added with this week's sales. In fact none of the other new (returning) categories were there at the time, only January sales and PS Plus Discounts... I guess it's like the weekly store update in that things start to go live before the infrastructure is all there.
decepticon_shadow
20 Jan 16#38
Its just the fact ive brought so many bargains but have little time to play them. They stockpile cos I buy them for a bargain n they mount up. With ps plus I don't think anyone wants to pay 7 quid for something if they could have had it free a week later.
tearfly
20 Jan 16#39
Best walking simulator I ever played.
Only half joking. It's visually stunning and very immersive, it's just you'll be doing an awful lot of walking... very slowly.
SolidWarrior
20 Jan 16#40
I'm holding out.. I reckon it'll be given as ps plus game soon :wink:
skybluearmyontour
20 Jan 16#41
What's it like?
Heavy Rain, Sherlock Holmes type of game?
sadrobot to skybluearmyontour
20 Jan 16#42
Nope! Not even that in-depth! Just walking, listening, watching and thinking!
myjess
20 Jan 16#43
Looks a bit MYST like to me.
pbyron1
20 Jan 16#44
It is wonderful ending, just a pity about Curry's illness and her treatment by the press when the game first came out. Been a bit overshadowed by all the other stuff in the industry over sexism, but this is one person who has obviously put a lot of herself in the games.
edwardhalsey
20 Jan 16#45
Worst "game" ever.
937666 to edwardhalsey
21 Jan 16#51
GameSpot 9/10
Official Playstation Magazine 8/10
Trusted Reviews 9/10
Metacritic 4/5
IGN 8.5/10
Gamesmaster 92%
Games TM 8/10
EDGE 9/10
PLAY 8/10
They can't all be wrong surely?
Vishal187
20 Jan 16#46
Been looking to get this for a while. Thanks!
Vishal187
20 Jan 16#47
Been looking to get this for a while. Thanks!
painstick
20 Jan 16#48
This is well worth £6.79 if you have plus. Think I paid a tenner for it a couple of months back, but I really enjoyed the experience. It does sound a bit like a Radio4 play at times but the voice acting feels genuine, the story is intriguing the music and visuals are incredible. It was a refreshing change of pace from the games I was playing at that time Destiny / Battlefield etc. Heat added.
ThunderBolt
21 Jan 16#49
Can't really figure out what I'm doing on this game, but blimey... It's relaxing!
sadrobot to ThunderBolt
21 Jan 161#50
:smiley:
The game is pretty much split into parts of the story. For example, the first part is for 'Jeremy'. So you explore the village to find pieces of Jeremy's story. At some point, you 'collect' the key parts of the tale and this often kickstarts the finale of that story (In Jeremy's case, you hear the church bells chiming, which encourages you to see whats going on at the Church). This then guides you on the path of Part 2....
It was at this point I suddenly fell in love with it!
You don't have to do that of course - you can just keep wandering through the villages and walk to the end - you will of course miss everything!
ds19815
21 Jan 16#52
Bought this yesterday. Just finished it - well worth the money! Great music as well.
nick2427
22 Jan 16#53
i bought this last night and love the game you just get lost into it it sucks u in walking and exploring its crazy those who have played it no what i mean lol u cant go wrong at this price ☺
PrinceRules64
22 Jan 16#54
Just curious, have any of you guys played Ether One?
I have (via the PS+ Instant Game Collection) and I can't really recommend it, I'm afraid. Admittedly I've not played Everybody's Gone to the Rapture for comparison, but Ether One comes across as *very* slow throughout, not overly interesting in terms of 'plot' - and very buggy. :disappointed:
PrinceRules64
23 Jan 16#57
They are both very slow, but that's by design. The whole idea of these games is just that you walk around and explore (as opposed to sprinting between objective markers), although Ether One does have minor puzzle solving. As for plot and bugs, I don't recall encountering any bugs, but 'Everybody's gone' does seem to be the more popular among its fans, so I wouldn't dare say Ether One is the better game- just similar, and worth a thought.
louthepoo
25 Jan 16#58
Being from Shropshire and playing in some of the villages in the 80's this game brought lots of memories back, it's a great game and fantastic soundtrack! Never played one like this before, wish more were like it
937666
26 Jan 16#59
If anyone's interested you can get the limited edition album on gold vinyl from Zavvi for £22.99 + 5% off with code ZVC5
Holy cow! That IS nice! I also have the white vinyl which is beautiful, so this would be a lovely addition to my collection. Thanks for pointing this out!
sadrobot to 937666
27 Jan 16#61
Oh, meant to say that the voucher code WELCOME also worked on the vinyl for new accounts for 10% off.
937666
28 Jan 16#62
I've got the white vinyl too but couldn't resist this
tallpete33
30 Jan 16#63
Got this yesterday, great price :stuck_out_tongue:
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Thinking the same though - with such mixed user reviews, I think I'll wait.
Would love it if they cook up a Playstation VR version, that would be mindblowing.
You need 2 playthroughs for platinum tho hehe....or read a walkthrough if you like.
The soundtrack is excellent, though. Jessica Curry is amazing and it's just a pity that the industry hasn't really recognised her enough for her effort making games like this.
I think I've played through the game about 7/8 times now and got all my achievements, and I'm still happy to wander around Yaughton soaking up the atmosphere.
If you buy the game and want to sprint everywhere, leap over gates, go in every house, crouch, backflip and shoot some aliens, then it's definitely not for you. Relax and enjoy it for the beauty that it is.
I think this is an excellent game, BUT I agree. This is not for everyone.
I'm not saying it's a mistake, it just leaves me wondering if there's anything else currently secretly on sale. If you can't trust the Console stores, you can't trust the PS Blog anymore, and you can't even trust the web store... how the hell are we supposed to find these deals?
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-gb/digital-discounts/cid=STORE-MSF75508-DIGIDISC2016
According to that site quite a lot of stuff was added today! Maybe there will be a blog post later, or maybe they'll get bundled into the January sale whenever they get around to it.
I have Octodad already, tried it but never got around to playing it properly. Looks like a great game, though seemingly requires a guide for the trophies.
Good find.
New blog post is up, looks like all the same things already seen on the deals site though, oh well
Only half joking. It's visually stunning and very immersive, it's just you'll be doing an awful lot of walking... very slowly.
Heavy Rain, Sherlock Holmes type of game?
Official Playstation Magazine 8/10
Trusted Reviews 9/10
Metacritic 4/5
IGN 8.5/10
Gamesmaster 92%
Games TM 8/10
EDGE 9/10
PLAY 8/10
They can't all be wrong surely?
The game is pretty much split into parts of the story. For example, the first part is for 'Jeremy'. So you explore the village to find pieces of Jeremy's story. At some point, you 'collect' the key parts of the tale and this often kickstarts the finale of that story (In Jeremy's case, you hear the church bells chiming, which encourages you to see whats going on at the Church). This then guides you on the path of Part 2....
It was at this point I suddenly fell in love with it!
You don't have to do that of course - you can just keep wandering through the villages and walk to the end - you will of course miss everything!
http://www.zavvi.com/merch-vinyl/everybody-s-gone-to-the-rapture-playstation-4-original-soundtrack-ost-2lp-exclusive-gold-coloured-vinyl-500-only/11191834.html