![]() ![]() Because I did really love everything about SEASON: A letter to the future, from the incredible art direction to the wonderful sound mixing to Maureen Adelson’s restrained performance as the Protagonist. I cannot remember the last time I played a game I enjoyed this much that left me this unsatisfied when it was over. It was like being promised a trip to Disneyland but never going beyond Main Street, U.S.A. As I watched the credits roll, it felt like it was just getting started, that I still had so much to see. Make no mistake, there is an ending to this game, but it comes so suddenly that I couldn’t believe I’d reached it at that point in my journey. This dream indicates the end of a ‘Season’. But by golly, does it feel like an abridged one. In SEASON: A letter to the future you play as a young girl named Estelle who experiences a prophetic dream. And at eight hours, SEASON isn’t necessarily a short game. In fact, as somebody whose motto is “ain’t nobody got time for that,” I’ll take a short game over a long game any day. What does matter is deciding how you want to tell the story of this world. Whether or not this place actually exists doesn’t really matter. Her destination is the Museum Vault, an almost mythical place at the end of the world that is allegedly safe from the changing seasons. Traveling with a tape recorder, instant camera, and sketchbook, she’ll set off on bike from her hometown to document life as it exists now for future generations. There is a beautifully rendered world out there for the Protagonist to explore and discover. The season the Protagonist lives in is one marked by maladies of the mind, and throughout her journey, she’ll hear stories of how these unseen illnesses have incapacitated people from all walks of life. ![]() There’s been a season of industrial growth, a golden season of prosperity, and a season of war. Previous seasons have come and gone, changing the landscape and history of this world. You play as a young woman from a secluded village. Seasons in SEASON are-from what I can tell, as the game doesn’t necessarily explain them outright-what we would call eras. Season: A letter to the future is a third-person atmospheric adventure bicycle road trip game. ![]()
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