Ghost on the Shore

Ghost on the Shore is a walking simulator where you take on the role of woman, Riley, that wrecks her boat on an island and becomes haunted by an amnesiadic ghost named Josh. Together, the two of them explore the island and try and piece together who Josh is and what happened to him and the former residents of the island. As is typical of walking simulators, you explore the environment reading letters and examining items, trying to get an understanding of the world in which you find yourself. Overall, I wouldn't say this is a particularly engaging narrative; the story itself is fairly bland and there are 4 different endings though they're effectively all the same. Anyhow, I wouldn't say Ghost on the Shore is a bad game, but it didn't resonate with me.

I want to say the bad things right of the bat: You have to at least play foru times through to see all the endings. and this only if you manage to choose the right answers in the end. This took me way to long and was sadly really annoying. But apart from that its a really nice game. Its lovely and verny nicely made. The style is really cool and the story pretty nice too. Its not that hard to figure out a few parts beffore they are revealed and a few things dont really make sense, but its still a really nice game. It is a nice game, a bit too pricey for my taste though. I can still really recommend it.

Beautiful environment, lovely music, interesting characters, and an intriguing mystery unfolding will keep you engaged through the end. However, if you want to see different outcomes (and obtain other achievements) this has to be played in its entirety multiple times, mostly due to dialogue choices. Discovering Josh's story and his relationships with the islanders is interesting stuff, but leaves questions-particularly about his prior "attachments". Despite a lot of character building, there are too many holes. Why now? Why Riley? What else can be said about the others? Were they all of the same "origin", but failed where Riley succeeded? Would Josh have found peace if any of them had been successful in their discoveries? Does any of it even matter? The answers may lie in the alternate endings, but having zero interest in Riley's personality I won't play it again.

It's a cool walking simulator type of game. The narrative is quite compelling and the pacing is good. However, the saving system is a bit odd and it sucks for achievement hunting, so I didn't even bothered.

This game is a cinematic masterpiece. There can be a few bugs, and there aren’t puzzles as such, but it is NEVER boring and it was so intriguing to learn about the world in the game. The voice acting is top tier, and the scenery is breathtaking. If you love story games, some good mysteries, or love to immerse yourself in characters, this is the perfect game for you. I even created a diagram in my notebook to keep track of the characters 😂

Enjoyable but brief, though it does offer some replayability for the multiple endings. I would have liked the replayability to be more considered in the game's design - the second time I went around the island I would have liked the option to take a different route, which might have given a different perspective on the story, rather than being funnelled onto the same path again. The visuals are nice and the sound design is really nice, walking by the water in particular is a lovely experience, I might replay this on hot days just to stand and listen to the waterfall again. There is a twist at the end that seems to have zero foreshadowing and no explanation, so it just didn't make sense to me at all and really threw me out of the conclusion of the story, but there are some really nice parts of the story that click really organically and overall the narrative is satisfying and worth playing through.