Afterdream Reviews

What an experience! Jesse Makkonen is a master at creating emotions in gaming. First and foremost, like Distraint 1 & 2, the game is a vehicle for a story. And if you don't enjoy such things, this game will not be for you. The game gives you everything you need to solve its puzzles (I'm just dumb). If you let yourself be immersed into the game, it is IMMENSELY enjoyable. You just have to be willing to step outside yourself. I am so happy to have played this. I hope to play the next project as well.

I love the story of the game is mystery, horror, and thriller. Also, it contains lessons and wisdom about life, love, emotions and death, as if we are on a deep journey inside a novel. This game a lot of enjoyable for me and my friend who is watching me playing.

Solid game. The outstanding aspect of all of Jesse Markkonen's games has been the terrific atmosphere, and that remains the case with Afterdream. The base foundation of the story (a woman laments not spending more time with her recently deceased father) is as conventional as could be, but the dream setting and quirky characters allow an interesting story to be told from such a basic starting point in a weirdly David Lynchian-light sort of way, similar to the intriguingly dreamlike settings of Jesse's other games. Otherwise, sort of middling from a strictly gameplay perspective. The magic camera is interesting but isn't used to its full extent it seemed to me. Usually the thing you need to use the camera on is pretty obvious, or, at other times, you'll hit a roadblock that can be quickly cleared by scanning the camera around all the locations (of which there are only a small number in each of the six "worlds") until you find something the camera reveals. No real puzzles involving the camera, and generally all the puzzles are easy and straightforward. I've been playing adventure games for 40+ years, and my tastes have changed over the years such that I generally prefer easier puzzles these days and don't have the patience I used to have for tougher, more moon-logicky games, and the number and mechanics of the puzzles here certainly qualify Afterdream as a P&C adventure game and not a visual novel or walking sim. But somewhat more challenge probably would have improved the game.