![]() ![]() Players of all ages, levels of ability, known language, or backgrounds can participate with simple controls and a relaxed pace. In The Longest Road on Earth, there are no challenges to tarnish the experience, no fail-states to punish you. Though the experience is short (under 3 hours) The Longest Road on Earth allows you to wrap yourself like a cozy blanket in the beauty of small joys like blowing dandelion seeds, collecting seashells, sledding on the first day of winter, and riding a bike on a summer day. No dialogue or text means that you can share moments of time with the characters and create your interpretations. Play through four chapters that capture the essence of everyday life and skip through the snapshots of moments both meaningful and mundane - All set to a nostalgic soundtrack. Feelings, emotions, situations, and perceptions that aren't extraordinary yet define us as human beings, our stories, and how we share our lives with each other. ![]() Walking down The Longest Road on Earth will only take you two hours, and it’s worth every step.Īn original, intimate soundtrack with themes and lyrics that seek the serenity and simplicity of life is included in each ticket to ride on The Longest Road on Earth. Each story is up for interpretation – what story lives inside you for each character and the world around them?īe swept away by the haunting and sentimental lyrics of over twenty-four original, emotionally charged songs, sung by one of the developers. Play in the songs of four short stories featuring stripped down mechanics and no words. It allows its quiet moments of other people's lives speak for themselves and for the player to find the moments that they view as poignant for themselves (for me it's the last part of Chapter 4 which is just such a wonderful mini-narrative, with the game's fantastic title track providing the emotional push).The Longest Road on Earth is a deeply personal and meditative narrative title. It's not a sad or "deep" game but that's where I find its beauty. ![]() It's such a beautiful soundtrack and honestly about 50% of the reason this game hits me so much. The lyrics never narrate the plot but can punctuate particular moments in a way where you wonder whether it was intended or simply a great coincidence, and the mood her songs craft really lead the tone and emotion of each scene. It's all written and performed by Beícoli, one of the developers who sadly doesn't seem to have done anything else: her wistful, beautiful indie folk and voice are a constant presence leading the stories onward. The only source of sound you do have is the soundtrack, and that's the big "gimmick" of this game specifically. There's no dialogue or sound on The Longest Road on Earth: the characters speak but you're never told what they say. Walking down The Longest Road on Earth will only take you two hours, and it’s worth every step. The Longest Road on Earth: Android, Microsoft Windows Brainwash Gang, TLR Games Backbone: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S EggNut Townscaper: Android, iOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch Oskar Stlberg Sable: Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S Shedworks: Kathy Rain: The. That alone is like crack to me but what makes this special is the soundtrack. ![]()
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