Distant (2024)

Barely a game, more informative about Alzheimer. It's ok for free.

as a PSA sort of interactive experience, sure

Kind of hits different. It's sad but I feel enriched having this perspective and somewhat comforted to know how I should act and what to do.

Very simple and very effective! Glad I played this

Genuinely got jumpscared by Paranoia, and got hit in the feels in the end. Short but sweet awareness game.

[i]Note: This review is based on the game's performance under Proton 10.0-2 beta. Of course it's always possible that there were issues I didn't recognize since I have no frame of reference running it natively, but I didn't notice anything that looked like it was broken.[/i] At 16 minutes, this is definitely a short game (although I still had two hidden achievements left when I originally wrote this sentence). Based just on its gameplay, this would be a neutral, but the educational aspect pushes it to a recommend. There's an "a-ha" moment [spoiler]when you leave the grocery store[/spoiler] that can stick with you if you really think about the implications of what you -- not as the character in the game, but as the player trying to progress in the game -- are saying to yourself in that moment. The game doesn't have [i]a lot[/i] to teach, but it's good for a little reflection and perhaps empathy; and unfortunately, given the prevalence of Alzheimer's, it deals with things most people will eventually face in their own lives. After completing the "campaign" and going for 100% achievements: The first hidden achievement ([spoiler]Fearless![/spoiler]) took me 10 minutes to get; mos…