A Memoir Blue Reviews

Incredible. So this is a gut wrenching tale about a little girl who has a mom and dad. One night the mom and dad yell at each other. The mom isn't going to stand for that so she takes the girl away from the dad and rents a shithole apartment in what appears to be the red light district of Seattle. That doesn't matter though because they love each other. Dad doesn't get any visitation rights in the divorce as he's never seen again. Anyhow the mom eventually has to get a job to pay for the shithole apartment and thus has less time to spend with the girl. This makes her very sad. So sad she breaks things. Lots of things. But she discovers she loves swimming and is good at it. And I mean REALLY good at it. She wins literally every competition she ever competes in in her entire life. The mom though has bills to pay so sometimes she shows up late to the award ceremonies for the swimming events the girl never loses and then one time... and you aren't going to believe this... this self centered bitch of a mom has to work so late she completely misses the entire thing. Well that's the final straw for the girl. After she breaks everything in the housing project, she packs her shit up, stops talking to the mom and goes to college where she continues to never lose a swimming competition. Her NIL deal ends up in the 7 figure range. Annually. So after the girl beats all available competition on planet earth, she finds herself as a young adult, in an apartment paid for by NIL booster money, by herself and the thousands of trophies she has won. She is lonely. She reflects that maybe her mom wasn't so bad after all... I mean there was that one time they had at the carousel, right? Then her mom calls her and the girls answers and the credits roll. Long story short this is one of the greatest achievements in story telling in gaming history.

So far, Annapurna has never disappointed me. Florence, The Unfinished Swan, If Found, Twelve Minutes, Journey, Donut County, and now A Memoir Blue. A Memoir Blue has gorgeous visuals, a lovely soundtrack, and excellent sound design. As for the story, it nearly drop me a tear. I should mention that there’s not much of a gameplay—just a simple point-and-click game. The story is slow-paced, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It only took about an hour to complete. So I recommend to play it in one sitting. A Memoir Blue taught me about the struggles of a single mother and the profound bond between parents and children. Carries a powerful message about forgiveness, understanding, and the complexities of family relationships.