Hey Guys,

There are two games I really want to play, yet I'm afraid of being emotionally crushed by them...

Both are pretty short games apparently very strong on the narrative :

Available on GOG : To the Moon
&
The newly released : Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Anybody has played and enjoyed them ? Are they really as touching as people say ??

Should I man up and play them ? Or will I be crying myself to sleep every night if I do so :s ?

I have played To the Moon. The core theme hit close to me but I wasn't moved by it like everyone else. I would say it tried too hard to deliver the message. I felt like with these movies where they always put a kid with crying mother into the scene to explain you that now it is a good time to cry or feel very emotional.

I'm going to purchase Brothers because it does sound unique.

What's wrong with being emotionally crushed? If it resonates with you, it did the job :).

I've never heard of either but now I am intrigued.

Highest recommendation for To The Moon. And, yes, there were tears on my part.

Like Mivas, I think To The Moon tried too hard. The story does reach a point that had me on the verge of being emotionally involved, but then, instead of exploring a genuinely interesting path, it just fast tracked to a meh ending, not unlike a mainstream movie. Gosh, if only they'd cut the story at that point...

Iv heard nothing but good things about brothers! so much so its on my list to get when i get some time to game properly. but iv not done so so i can not really answer your question im afraid.

I knew what To the Moon was about after reading a one sentence premise before it was released.

I was miserably sad to the point of wanting to cry and vomit all over myself from just that sentence.


"Why was this man's only wish to visit the moon?"

Obviously so he would have something in common with a girl who he really loved but never got the chance to be with during his life because of no similar interests to talk about.

*vomits and hangs himself*

I played To the Moon and I didn't find it to be sooooo touching, but it's a nice short game that can have an emotional impact. I think it's too subjective whether you'll find it just a bit touching or will end up crying a river.
I'm not sure why you would be "afraid", though! They are nice games. Or maybe that's me, I do enjoy fiction that elicits strong emotions in me, not matter if it's joy, sadness or whatever!

hands down to the moon, it has something special about it, and ofcourse try brothers tale, its gives a unique vibe and though weird controls on pc its still good

I thought Too the Moon was kind of dull--sometimes I can enjoy a game where there's no real gameplay and I can't actually control anything, and sometimes I can't, and Too the Moon is a check in the "can't" column. There was a time when I thought it was going to get really interesting, but then they shoved in a contrived ending that had me rolling my eyes instead.

To The Moon is an ethical atrocity. The pixel art is pretty, but the game murdered, dismembered, and burned my faith in humanity now that I know the incredibly puerile story that has garnered so much praise from otherwise sane people. Fry's dog it ain't.

So many people never loved, and that is sad.
It's sad to those who know what they are missing.

I liked To The Moon, although I admit that it does try too hard at times, yanking me out of the experience. It's also deliberately exploitative and rather syrupy, but I have forgiven it.

Soundtrack's nice, though. Not included in the GOG version, unfortunately.

I know what you're saying, N0x0ss

I bought To The Moon on Desura and I was looking forward to playing it, but I lost somebody recently and I just can't be around stuff like that now.

Maybe I'll change my mind in the future, but at the moment it feels like I'll never want to talk or think about mortality and bereavement again for the rest of my life.

The only way I can consider To the moon a good story is this: To the moon is a sappy telenovela set in a world that even 1984's Big Brother couldn't have crafted more perfeclty, and the way it's narrated reflects it perfectly.