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    A Story About My Uncle

    Game » consists of 1 releases. Released May 28, 2014

    A first-person action platformer centered around a grappling hook mechanic.

    thurbleton's A Story About My Uncle (PC) review

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    A fun little swing of a game but nothing out of this world

    I picked up A Story About My Uncle (ASAMU) after a few of its trailers surfaced on the front page (GiantBomb.com) and the premise, initially at least, of a story not about the player character I found as an approach to storytelling worth picking up. The game doesn't hold back on level detail opening with a well crafted house belonging to the Uncle complete with little easter eggs lining the wall. After some exposition and a flip of a switch your whisked away to a magical land of floating rocks, power crystals, and fun slingshot platforming!

    The game play consists of getting from one floating rock to the another and following the Mirrors Edge style is first person in a 3D landscape. However, unlike Faith, leaping from building to building in ASAMU it feels more like your flinging and vaulting from island to island. After getting the basics and being given all of your powers (four total) the design of the levels seems to have some times to recover from a hiccup with a focus on replaying with time trials and speed running. In other words, its a fun jaunt through as a beginner with a little bit of 'where does the game want me to go next' but no one puzzle took more then half a dozen attempts, but for the more hardcore there is room for improving time.

    The voice acting will range from good to cheesy at times (to be fair the team making is based in Sweden) with a plot akin to... well, a kids bedtime story (which is what it is). However those are balanced out by some very good looking levels and an enjoyable soundtrack.

    All in all, it'll probably take a couple hours to beat but its priced the same as a trip to the cinema in the US, and seems like that level of reward for the price. I will probably do a few more runs of this game to unlock some of its extras (given at set milestones of uncovering items in each of the levels which include 'Goat Mode' and 'Midas Mode'. For anyone reading who doesn't know, this is the same publisher as Goat Simulator so I really want to know what this is... Enjoy)!

    tl:dr; The moment from Portal where Glados has you 'fling' expanded into a whole game... and occasionally rocket boots.

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      The Frog in a Shallow Well 0

      A Story About My Uncle(PC) by granderojo on June 03, 2014

      A Story About My Uncle is a pithy first person platforming video game by Gone North Games. As you start the game, your daughter asks you to tell her a story. You begin playing events out as you narrate them to your daughter. On a technical level the story telling is handled well. Incorporating itself into numerous functions of the game. For instance, whenever you quit the game the father has a bit of dialog to tuck his daughter in for the night and resume tomorrow. Challenges and secrets to be f...

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      Superb Platforming with a Subtle Story 0

      A Story About My Uncle(PC) by yyninja on May 16, 2021

      A Story About My Uncle is a first person platformer. The genre is exceptionally rare because first person platforming is tricky to get right: it is difficult to judge distance between platforms and see where you are landing. A Story About My Uncle helps mitigate these problems by introducing you to a powered high jump, a grapple mechanic and eventually a rocket booster. The game has a sense of rhythm and momentum that feels utterly liberating when you successfully jump from platform to platform....

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