The Final Chapter Unfolds: What Happens at the End of The First Tree? | Ending
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The world inside the game is stunningly beautiful. Snowy fields, flowering meadows, and lush forests all play out in slightly abstract shapes. It fits nicely with the dream theme of the game, though I do wish that the dream elements had been more strongly intermingled where the everyday, human elements are concerned. Everyday items, including toys, trucks, camping equipment, and other fragments of the narrator’s memories dot the landscape, and while they don’t feel entirely out of place, they feel like they were dropped in to create a bridge between the fox and the narrator, rather than actually being part of the dream.
Part 01
• The First Tree: A Stunning Exploratio...
Part02
• Tree of Life: Uncovering Secrets in T...
The soundtrack is amazing. It’s soothing, it’s intense, and it absolutely draws you into the world. There’s a lot of world to be drawn into, and exploring these beautiful levels can occasionally be as much of a chore as a delight. Moving on to a new landscape requires different things, sometimes it’s simply finding the exit, or sometimes it’s finding an object to interact with, thus allowing the narrator to tell his story. Important points are identified by beams of light which reach into the sky, unfortunately these can be easily obscured by trees or terrain. It’s also easy to get turned around in the larger maps, and on more than one occasion I thought I’d found a path forward, only to find myself at a boundary, unable to pass an invisible wall. Invisible walls are incredibly rare, but I was already lost enough that the few times I encountered them, they stuck out very clearly in my memory.
(The First Tree tells an incredibly personal and melancholy story about the loss of a loved through the eyes of a fox within a dream world. Wandering through beautiful, abstract worlds, you learn the narrator’s story as the fox searches for her missing kits. It has a surprising number of platformer elements, given the nature of the game, but doesn’t distract from the beautiful story within this short exploration game.
—A Kay Purcell )
PROS
Gorgeous, slightly abstract low-poly scenery
Amazing music
Melancholy yet heartwarming story
CONS
Platforming and physics can be distracting
Easy to get lost and miss objectives
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