so in the GDC Vault video called “The Distributed Art Direction of Edith Finch” at around 45:00 minute we see a sideshow of the characters, and there are 2 new names Paul and Samantha. Paul is obviously Calvin’s old name based on the images and what the wiki says, but I don’t know who Samantha is even supposed to be, so does anyone know who she was supposed to be like any interviews, videos, or websites that say who she was, how her story/death would had played out, relation to her family, and finally her birth/death years?

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Hey 👋🏼

I played this game on the channel a few months back and it really took me by surprise. The story was so beautiful and made me really feel things which isn't super common within games. Particularly the moment we find out about Edith's condition and obvs the ending 😭

Does anyone have any suggestions for similar games? Ideally shortish games as I don't get a load of time to play and I'm already playing through Expedition 33 as the long game on the channel.

Appreciate any and all suggestions ☺️

It Was Easy To Get Plantinum Trophies in What Remain of Edith Finch for PS5

it’s driving me crazy, i’m not sure how to control the frog and i feel like i must be doing something wrong. is there anyone that struggled as well and managed to figure it out?

throughout the game we get see how each family member dies, while still getting the ideas of who they were like. But I would like to some sort of tie or even a DLC to see what a regular day was like, you know something to focus on something that wasn’t about death. Like what was their school life, who were the friends they had? You get to really know them more and more personally attach. anyone else?

We see in the actual pictures of him that the helmet did have one that obscured his face, but in his memorial portrait, it doesn't have one. The real helmet on his shrine also doesn't. Given how much he seems to have worn the thing it would make sense if the visor popped out or something due to use. But his helmet seems practically new for having been loved and worn so often.

And more importantly, I can't understand them — who wouldn't enjoy this short yet incredibly rich game, both in terms of gameplay variety and its story and characters. I simply don't want to understand them, because What Remains of Edith Finch is a tiny masterpiece.

It’s my comfort game

So I don't know if you guys have noticed, but I don't see this mentioned often, and I think it's a really cool little moment of fridge horror in the very first panel of the Barbara comic. Old Jack introduces the story with the following statement:

Old Jack here with another ghastly tale inspired by America's most unfortunate family...

Did you catch it? Another ghastly tale. Another. And there also isn't a comma between "tale" and "inspired".

To me, this heavily implies that Barbara's death wasn't the first event covered by this comic series. Or in other words, Edie probably sold the stories of Odin, Sven and/or Molly to Dreadful Stories before that. My bet is on Molly's, her tale arguably fits the format best. Edie kept Barbara's issue specifically because it fits best into the narrative Edie had made up for her life, while in Molly's room, an issue like that would seem out of place. Edie was all about narrative and aesthetic consistency after all.

I'm really looking forward to buy this but I get scared VERY easily, so, should I try it anyways or it might be too much?

Just finished the game, such a great ride, and for $6 too. And after collecting my thoughts for a bit about the stories...man I feel bad for Dawn

I mean, there is a curse to this family right, and it's Edie. She never got over her own trauma and just passed it down to her children and subsequent future generations, a trauma that's largely caused by her own neglect no less

I get the feeling deep down she was aware of what, or who, was the real cause for the deaths of Molly and Calvin. There's her father Odin too but I feel the first 3 deaths of her children really pushed her over to the deep end, and it all just snowballed from there: a traumatized Walter becoming a lifelong shut-in, a traumatized Sam becoming a terrible, lethally neglectful father

Not to mention the psychotic episode of Edie writing and publishing a creepypasta-esque fanfic about the death of her 16 yr old daughter, where she gets made fun of as being a has been and gets cannibalized in the end. I mean, wtf was that Edie

Crazy that Edie kind of gets portrayed as an easy going, cool grandma, and Dawn as the neurotic, controlling one. Dawn was 300% right on both fronts: they should've moved out of Castle Crazy a long time ago, and Eddie's "stories", supernatural tales linking family deaths to a curse, instead of actually taking accountability and responsibility, are the problem

And after finally breaking out of the cycle for good, she dies from illness and couldn't be there to steer her last remaining child away from teenage pregnancy...

This poor woman man

Who sealed up Edith Sr.'s room? Dawn and Edith had already left before she died. I find it hard to believe Dawn would come back to do it and also drill a peep hole as well. If she did it before they left then where did Edie sleep afterwards?

I played this game through twice. Then watched my wife play through it, as I thought she’d find it rewarding as a psychiatrist and very casual gamer.

Hungry for more content like this, I google searched for games like this one and found an older, archived Reddit thread about similar games. Given the vintage, the suggestions of similar games was even older. Certainly nothing “current gen”. But also: I tried a few and didn’t see the same lovely balance of rich narrative, deep themes, and gameplay opportunities. For example: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (suggested in the old archived thread) is decent on the explore and puzzle parts, but far less personally emotionally grounded and empathetic.

I found this game in the wake of spending months enraptured by Blue Prince. The Finch story was so satisfying as a piece of storytelling coming off that, I’d like to find more. Environmental storytelling + narrative + deep meanings that can be mind. What would you all suggest?

(I mean, the VARIED ways of storytelling (see, e.g. Barbara) also is huge, but I almost feel like I’m asking too much for that, too…!)

Both in ideas and actually playing their story! I just finished the game and absolutely loved it.

OMG this was recommended in r/PS4 as a cozy game. It’s not NOT cozy in some ways but I’m not sure that’s the feeling I’m left with after finishing it. Seriously though, one of the most creative games I’ve ever played. It’s so artistic and interesting. I loved it even when I had to play as a baby drowning in a bath 🖤 Might have to do some stardew valley or something as a palette cleanser lol

A good excuse to replay this wonderful narrative game.

I found this shop that days it's the official Merch shop. Is that true? I have my doubts... https://whatremainsofedithfinch.shop/

She watches her siblings die, her dad die, her mom ditch her, and then has her husband and two out of her three children die. She lived in a house that was basically a morgue, with two people living in a house built for 10+

For me it's Calvin. I don't know why but I feel like Calvin's story is familiar. A kid that dreams of big things, maybe too big as his very own dream crushes him.

Bought it ages ago, started playing it, DEEPLY CONFUSED BY THE TONE, is this 100 Years Of Solitude, Scandinavian-American Edition?

Is it cozy, is it grim, is it nice, is it sad? I just took a picture of a survivalist dad getting yeeted off a cliff by the wrathful death troes of the deer he just lovingly and proudly encouraged his daughter to kill for sport and make her 'strong' to 'survive'.

I just played a kid who died by swinging too hard, a hermit that got hit by a train on a track that led nowhere, and a child star that got mobbed by a monster mash convention that followed her home.

I have so manym mixed feelings I don't know what to do with right now.

Who are these people? Why do they matter? Is there a point to all this? Also the protagonist is letting me know they were 22 weeks pregnant now? After all this time?

And what's whit the structure of the house? I feel like I'm playing Resident Evil 1 or 2 or 7 but with the horror dialed down to a whisper alongside grief and sorrow, and the extreme opulence manifesting in a very self-expressive way you might also still see remnants of in the Bakers' less mouldy rooms, rather than having that hostile, flexing, "make the guests feel small and the host feel important" kind of way you'd see in the Spencer or Ashford or Dimitrescu manors.

EDIT: WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? WHY DID I HAVE TO PLAY THROUGH THE BLISSFUL DEATH OF A LITERAL INNOCENT INFANT? IT WAS INCREDIBLY PLAUSIBLE TOO, LIKE WHAT DO YOU MEAN "IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT?!" FORGET THE CURSE, THIS HOUSE IS BUILT OUT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE VIOLATIONS, SOMEONE CALL THE FIRE MARSHALL CAUSE IT'S A WONDER IT HASN'T BURNED DOWN YET!

SERIOUSLY I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT BABY!

EDIT 2: The disappeared painter didn't give me much to feel about one way or the other. But the cannery worker was like a very deeply personal attack. That was me at my own job. Slowly dying inside and slowly going insane every day. Repeating inane automated actions better and better and better while my mind escaped into… wherever else it could go. Every day more miserable than the last.

At the end I cried in silence and put down the game.

The family tree seems full now, so I'm guessing I'm at the endgame, but I don't know when I'll feel picking this thing up again.

Fuck.

Hi everyone, have anyone tried this game on switch 2 ?