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<\/a>As you explore the worlds as different beings, you discover other beings\u2019 thoughts, which pop up on your screen as little thought bubbles that you can select and read if you get close enough. These thoughts are usually mundane things about everyday life, highlighting that everyone has their own little worlds inside their heads. The game has a section that focuses on this idea, and it encourages you to \u2018break free from your thoughts\u2019, if you feel as though you\u2019re trapped in your own head.<\/p>\n
With descending and ascending, the game invites you to explore what everything consists of and what everything builds up to be. You can do this at any time, and you\u2019re zoomed out or into a new world of a different scale. While collecting different beings in your \u2018catalogue\u2019 of everything you\u2019ve been can be seen as one of the main objectives you can take, the gameplay experience itself tends to be the same on similar scale objects. Controlling an ant isn\u2019t all too different from controlling a cigarette butt. When the game tells you you\u2019re a woolly mammoth, you don\u2019t necessarily feel <\/em>like you\u2019re a woolly mammoth, especially because the mammals in the game move by rolling around instead of walking. However, considering the low-budget production of the game this is very understandable, and you could even argue that it elevates the message of interconnectedness. The philosophical concepts of Watts are the heart of this game, and the gameplay works as a tool of realizing and conceptualizing them. The gameplay by itself it can get a little lackluster after a while however, as it doesn\u2019t take very long to get the gist of things, and the amount to which you can interact with different environments and objects remains fairly minimal.<\/p>\n The game is virtually infinite as it has no end or clear goal other than exploration and discovery. A unique feature to the game is that of autoplay, where the game goes on playing by itself, even if you leave the controls untouched. The autoplay feature ties in with the themes and offers the player the chance to sit back and spectate. It also makes the game a great fit for art exhibitions. The game can be very beautiful and serene at times, and the soundtrack supports this.<\/p>\n As our western society continues to platform hyper-individualism and more things are being transported from physical to digital, we\u2019re made distant from each other and of the physical world. Everything<\/em> attempts to remind us about what we\u2019re all made of and asks us to see beyond our shells. After playing the game, I found myself connecting with the objects I had laying around my desk. Walking outside, I started imagining life from the viewpoint of a falling leaf. It made me want to sing and dance and connect with the things around me. And for that, I think it\u2019s an incredibly unique game worth giving a shot.<\/p>\n Game details: <\/strong><\/p>\n Publisher<\/strong>: Double Fine<\/p>\n Developer<\/strong>:\u00a0David OReilly<\/p>\n Platforms: <\/strong>Microsoft Windows, macOS, Playstation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch<\/p>\n Release Date: <\/strong>March 21, 2017 (Playstation 4)<\/p>\n Genres: <\/strong>Simulation, Indie<\/p>\n PEGI: <\/strong>3<\/p>\n Photos: Official promo pictures for Everything (Double Fine)<\/p>\n<\/a>