So apparently last week I found out that Davey Wreden, creator of “The Stanley Parable”, just released his new game “The Beginner’s Guide” so I had to purchase and play it. The game is amazing and really what I expected of from the creator of “The Stanley Parable”. It’s not a typical game and leaves you questioning everything.
On of the greatest things about the game I feel though is Davey gives out his personal email address, or at least one for the game itself, and he asks for your opinion on what the game means/games mean.
But since it is just a game release it shouldn’t be “news” except that it’s getting a lot of reviews, some good, some bad. Ars Technica actually gave it a rather bad review only because I don’t think they saw it as more of a narrative/art piece that it was. They seemed to be more focused on how the game played rather than the story it told, which I feel is the most important part of the game. But on the other hand Polygon gave it a decent review based on what the content is rather than a technical review. Either way I feel everyone should play this game, especially everyone going to school here as it’s like a quintessential thought process for creative people.
It actually did have a pretty big impact on me so I did write a blog post about the game here.