Feedback we got from demoing at this year’s PlayStation Experience
We showed off our new game, What Remains of Edith Finch at this year’s PlayStation Experience, a weekend-long expo for everything PlayStation.
We had 4 kiosks running a playable demo of the game’s first 40-or-so minutes, including Edith’s approach to the house and the first story you find inside — that of Molly Finch, a young girl in the 1940s who gets so hungry that she finds herself transforming into a series of animals.
Demoing such varied experiences side-by-side at PSX was extremely entertaining for the team. As fans and critics passed by they would stop, tilt their heads, and ask, “These are all the same game?” Unsure what to make of our game, they would hop in line to play. Which is great because that sense of uncertainty, wondering what on Earth might be around the corner, is a big part of what we’re trying to do with the game.
We invited two first-time players up on stage to talk about what it felt like to play the game. You can watch the interview here:
Meanwhile, many other players took to twitter to share their reactions:
In honor of What Remains of Edith Finch being the best game I played at #PSX2015 I set that up as my PS4 theme. It's pretty awesome as well.
— Totally Flaco (@Flaco_Jones) December 7, 2015
We enjoyed the surprising storytelling in What Remains of Edith Finch, exploring the history of an eccentric family https://t.co/mRfdIycwdI
— Feminist Frequency (@femfreq) December 7, 2015
Thinking back to PSX, best games were Manifold Garden and What Remains of Edith Finch
— Steven Santana (@No8Axel) December 9, 2015
Highlights from #PSX: 1. Final Fantasy VII Remake trailer 2. Playstation VR 3. Uncharted Panel 4. @DrinkBoxStudios Severed 5. #EdithFinch
— Austin Clark (@AesopB3EF) December 7, 2015
That's off the top of my head the things that really stood out, I saw some great stuff there. But seriously, #EdithFinch is insane.
— Austin Clark (@AesopB3EF) December 7, 2015
And lastly, here’s a shortlist of some of our favorite press write-ups:
- GamesRadar – You’re a shark up a tree in What Remains of Edith Finch
- VentureBeat – What Remains of Edith Fitch creators don’t know the destination for their ‘sublime horror’ game
- Kotaku – A Game Where You’re A Cat. Then A Shark. Then A Tentacle Monster
