Gone Home vs The Longest Journey
Gone Home
Gone Home is a story-rich, point-and-click adventure game where you find your childhood home devoid of life after returning from a year abroad. The mystery of it all sets you off on an investigate mode as you examine clues and uncover what had happened to your family using what they have left behind. The storyline you'll gradually reveal is both heartwarming and incredibly relatable as it touches on a family's struggle with uncertainty, heartache and change.Being a point-and-click adventure, this game doesn't have any puzzles to challenge you or intruders who will attack you on sight. There isn't anything supernatural about the whole event so there's no need to fear looking behind your back or into a mirror. All you need to do is to find and collect clues, and eventually piece together the story of what had happened to your family while you were away.
This is definitely the sort of game that a fan of story-rich games would love. The entire game's premise is centered around its storyline and hence, it's as good as it gets.
The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey puts you in the shoes of April, an 18 year old with a talent. The ability to shift between 2 worlds, Arcadia and Stark sets her on a path that will lead to either the destruction or saving of both. The Guardian has derelicted his duty and the balance between worlds is failing, if this goes both worlds will fall. Can you step up and become the heroine of the story? Discover these amazing worlds in a brilliant game with a story that just keeps you involved.This is a fun puzzle game where you are able to interact with the world around you and try to discover what is really going on. A point and click style with beautiful graphics and an engaging system keep it both interesting and great to play. Can you save the worlds in this epic game?