LONG FORGOTTEN FIELDS REVIEW MAC

Camera | If Forgotten Fields had a boss to overcome, it wouldnвЂ™t be SidвЂ™s writers block.

A quick wriggle of the mouse tends to help it remember however. Sometimes it also doesnвЂ™t immediately pick up on an input, or recognise you are in the backpack menu. While the game is fully functional with a controller, itвЂ™s a bit too sensitive in places where you have to aim at things, or control a cursor on a computer screen. Sadly these changes did not reflect once I started Forgotten Fields, so I grabbed my Xbox controller. So having rebound the cardinal movements, and adjusted the inputs to my trusty Belgian azerty keyboard. The control scheme is rebindable for keyboard & mouse on the launcher, before you launch the game in earnest.

Controls | IвЂ™ve got some gripes with the controls.

These may get fixed or tweaked at a later date however, which would move this back to the вЂњlikedвЂќ category. From one scene that didnвЂ™t have the fire sounds from a previous scene turned off, to a scene at the beach where the, rather active, sea sounded like it was in the middle of a storm. Sounds that donвЂ™t seem to fall under any of the provided settings in the options menu. So then why is this in the вЂњSomewhere betweenвЂќ portion of the review then? Unfortunately, on a number of occasions there are certain sounds that are just horrendously loud. All these help to enhance the relaxing and nostalgic scenes that Forgotten Fields takes place in. When moving between locations, youвЂ™re also treated to some songs, while looking down the steering wheel of your trusty scooter. How the sound of the wind in a forest is captured and gently brushes past Sid or (book character) during memories or the book scenes. I can appreciate the dulcet tones playing throughout most of the game. I would like to think myself to be easy going on most game audio.

Audio | The audio in Forgotten Fields has me torn on where to put it in this review.

Good boy | There is a dog, and you can pet it.

The memory of a lush forest walk, when you run and dive headfirst into the ocean or your scooter rides across the countryside are some examples that really did the style right. During the moments when the third person camera gets reeled back into first person, this style really comes into its own in my opinion. Kind of like how when you read a book, the setting of each chapter and scene can be described to you, but the important things will be described to you more clearly.

The interactable objects however are a lot more detailed, yet retaining the overall level of detail. I would like to think that this stylistic choice is tied in with the message the story is trying to convey. Almost as if looking at a simplified, yet vibrant, version of the world and the things in it. Graphics | The graphics of Forgotten Fields are a fine balancing act between keeping things minimalist, yet still adding enough detail.Forgotten Fields has a healthy amount of quicktime events sprinkled in to keep you from getting too relaxed. YouвЂ™ll walk or run around the environments, solving the occasional story based puzzle and minigame thrown in.

Throughout the day you also help shape the story heвЂ™s trying to write by the end of the day. Gameplay-wise this game is rather light, focussing mostly on the story, and letting the gameplay follow its lead. Hopefully heвЂ™ll find the inspiration he is looking for to finish the draft and reach the deadline amongst these long вЂњForgotten FieldsвЂќ. But as Sid goes about his day away from the confines of his apartment, and bumps into old friends and relatives he starts to rediscover the reason he began to write. At first this isnвЂ™t really opportune for our uninspired writer, but he reluctantly decides to attend. SidвЂ™s childhood house is about to be sold, so he has been invited over for one last get together. On this Sunday morning however, his struggle is disturbed by an invitation from his mother.

Story and Gameplay | Sid, a struggling fiction author with a writerвЂ™s block, is hopelessly trying to write a draft for an all important grant he is hoping to acquire.

LONG FORGOTTEN FIELDS REVIEW MAC

This game is available on Windows, Mac and Linux. We played Forgotten Fields for 7.5 hours on PC. Developed by Frostwood Interactive, and published by Dino Digital, this little slice of life allows us to slow down and look back at the simpler yet exciting times of yesteryear.

LifeisXboxвЂ™s Forgotten Fields review | In Forgotten Fields, we follow Sid, a young author suffering from writerвЂ™s block, who is sent searching for inspiration down memory lane on the day of a rapidly approaching deadline.

Long forgotten fields review