THE LONGING Reviews

seemed nice at first UNTIL THEY BROCK MY PICKAXE BECUSE OF GLASS THATS JUST EVIL NEVER PLAYING THIS AGAIN

Dünyanın en saçma oyunu olabilir. İlerlemek için beklemekten başka bir şey yapıyorsunuz. Beklemekten kasıt saatlerce. En son gizli oda mahsur kaldım ve çıkmak için bir gün bekledim. Vakti bol olan alsın diyeceğim ama vakti bol olanda sıkılır. Oyunun adı ":The Patience:" olsa daha iyi olurmuş.

Sombre, meditative, and darkly funny, this incredibly slow and quiet game is like nothing I've ever played before. I'd recommend it if you are at all intrigued by a game whose core mechanic is waiting.

I think this is a very clever game. Definitely an idle game in many ways. I do think the best word to describe this game is probably "audacious."

The Longing is an odd game. I bought and played this starting 1st of January, thinking it would be a neat journey to play this at the start of the year and see the ending twelve months later. Turns out, you can beat the game in three months [i](+ all achievements)[/i] by collecting a lot of stuff to make the in-game time go faster. In fact, playing this for almost ninety days while I was job hunting at the same time made me resonate with the patience factor more than I could have imagined. I even got hired around the same week I reached 34 days remaining. If you know, the significance of this, you’d know that it should have added to my enjoyment to the game. It didn’t. Well, to be honest, The Longing isn’t nearly as thought provoking for me as I thought it would be. For one, I'm fond of slow and artistic games. Death Stranding and Journey pops to mind. But The Longing sells itself as an artistic idle game that tests the player's patience. All of these accurately depicts The Longing to a point where, if you play the game right, you'd have found yourself liking your character, The Shade, and all the minor lore drops you'd find underground. But at the same time, it does feel like there could be more to the game because once you've found everything there is to be found, you'd likely have 250 days worth of waiting left. The later half of the game was what confused me for even as I paced myself with the exploration and all that, the only thing left for me to do at that point was to Achievement hunt. Once that's done (35 days left), you're left with two options: Wake the King or access the other endings. While I won't spoil any of these scenes, but I will say that if you figure out a way to see the good ending, you'll be rewarded for your eternal patience. The problem of course is that this ending isn't nearly as obvious unless you think about a certain riddle that hints to you how to attain it, which ultimately culminates in the game expecting the player to [spoiler] idle with the game open. Even then, there's a lethal ending waiting for anyone who is looking to get the good end, but isn't paying attention of who's walking above ground. It's not easy to notice this.[/spoiler] As for the Wake the King, there’s not much to say. [spoiler] Regardless of what you do, there's only one version of this ending. I don't think it would sit well with a lot of folks unless they're raring to go for another round to do the Shade justice. [/spoiler] I give this a 50/50 recommendation. I know you can just look up Youtube for all the endings but if you're looking a patience=payoff game with great art and music, I recommend giving this a shot. The bad half is that the urge to look up a guide 250 in game days later becomes too tempting when you start to question yourself if you'll want to be doing another run of this.

The magnum opus of "video games are art." Go into this as blind as possible. Trust me, there's a lot more to this game than you might think. The agony of boredom and loneliness adds to the feelings of true longing this game provides, and it nearly made me cry at the ending. To me this is not a game to have mindless fun to. This is a game to [i] feel. [/i]

The game is such a mood. I never play it for very long, but it's nice to pop into every so often and check in with my little shade character. In a world where housing is so scarce, it's oddly comforting that my little guy never has to worry about housing. They are also mostly alone and dealing with extreme isolation, which is such a mood. It's getting quarantine vibes, but with the option of exploring and adventuring. It's very slow paced and relaxing, and I love the art style.

The Longing is not just a game, it's a work of art that explores the meaning of time, life, and death. Never before have I played a game as profound, sorrowful, and beautiful. Doing my chores with Shade flipping pages in the background was a joyful experience I will never be able to replicate -- one I will cherish and miss forever.

Got the game in 2020 and after 5 years I finally got the game to give me the last achievement. 👍7/10 wouldn't do it again but I will recommend. Game has multiple cannon endings and a couple unofficial ones the community have given their Shade. A nice SLOW paced game with some interesting things to do. Hop on for an hour or 2 and just explore. If you like to 100% things, Do read the challenges as one thing and one ending is time sensitive. Besides that just explore the cave with the little guy and check in on him from time to time. You are his only company after all.

Yes, this game lasts for 400 days Real Review: (No spoilers) This game is an idle game in disguise, I wouldn't say it is incredible but what is amazing is the fact that it is made in such an unique way that I haven't seen before. Sure, anyone can make a 'meme game' where you wait a 400 day timer for it to be complete, but this is different. In the game you explore caves, collect resources and books, and eventually gather them home so that you can decorate your home. Decorating your place will speed up time because in that way the shade (player character) is less bored, that is, until you leave and explore caves. If you read books the time also goes faster, so the playtime isn't really 400 days, but you can still wait that amount in real time if you just launch the game and don't touch it. Even when the game is off, the timer will keep going. The art reminds me of old flash games, or perhaps some atmospheric games, for some reason it reminds me of machinarium, or limbo, even if it has a different artistic design and different genre, but I appreciate it's simplicity. The music is enjoyable and fantastic. The timer is motivation, but as well giving you time to think if your creature has purpose or not. You can decide in the game yourself, as this is a one-time game experience.