Takin' a Look at... Last Day of June
2The Last Day of June is a brilliant story with gameplay that is hampered by giving the player limited choices. The time travel elements of the gaming narrative were under utilized in the game’s mechanics due to the fact that only a select few of the player’s actions with each character have any effect on the actions of other characters. This led to a feeling of simply following the developer's prescribed path while playing. With that being said, the story was very well done. It included surprisingly consistent themes of loss and disempowerment that were expressed through both narrative and gameplay elements within the game. While the narrative does not embrace its medium of gaming, it at least succeeds at being a story on par with those of other mediums. This is definitely a game to check out. It will be an easy play, but the story will more than easily make up for the failures of the mechanics.
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