Closer the Distance

Despite a character inclusion I hated (Laul) and the systems falling a bit apart towards the end, this game was incredible. Leveraging our familiarity with The Sims to tell a story about managing grief and living with the sudden loss of a loved one was brilliant, and I enjoyed every minute. I don't understand the people who expected something more from the ending... Grief doesn't end, you just learn to live with it.

wonderfully moving story about a small community of people and how they deal with their loss. 10/10 for unique gameplay and story!

One minute in and I was already to close in distance, hurt, wanted it to be not true and everyone to get better. At the end, not everything was going well but the people are developing, changing. I don't know, if I will have the power to come back and help to bring the best future to the people of Yesterby (minus [spoiler] "I-am-the-only-mourning" [/spoiler] Pia and [spoiler] "I-will-waste-the budget-on-marketing-a-non-existing-product" [/spoiler] Jasper). Thanks a for letting me having a glimpse on their struggle with their grief and for a new future.

At first I thought it could be a nice game for my new handheld while staying at my parents place or while at work with nothing to do. But after a short while it started to hurt. In a good and bad way. Because I know these feelings all to well that the characters happened to experience. The reality of things just going to happen no matter what, not being able to change them or go back. Life can be hard and everyone must deal with it. It's hard moving on, and even harder letting go. Kept me from actually living my own life for almost 20 years. But it has to be done and feels right in the long run, because that's the way they always wanted it. Keep it up! Always stand up again and never give up! It is worth it in the end.

Closer the Distance is a sweet little game and I was genuinely impressed and moved by it. This type of genre has a lot of potential, there's a ton of other games you could make with this style of gameplay that would be very impressive and I hope that I see this developer make more games like this. I would think about playing this game after I would stop and it was addicting to see what else I could do. It isn't perfect, but it is a heartfelt story, and the only real complaints I have is how difficult it is to listen to multiple important conversations at once and how empty the last couple of days feel. Other than that, this one is fantastic, well worth the cost.

great game