Some games have good story.
Some have good gameplay.
Some of them have good characters.
Few of them make one experience that has it all without even trying.
Thomas Was Alone is a game that has so much heart and every single part of the game is just oozing it. The heart and love of the game is so strong the characters the story the game play all ring with it. Simple, sweet to the point and genuine.
Thomas Was Alone is an indie puzzle platformer created by Mike Bithell. At first glance it appears to be just another flash puzzle game but it is far more than that. It is the most sweet and carefully sculpted game. The game takes place in a computer mainframe where many of the AI’s have suddenly gained personalities. The game’s characters are all single colored shapes, mostly squares, and each of them has more personality than anything most modern games have. This red square named Thomas has made me care for him far more than any brown haired white protagonist from any big studio game. The game is narrated not by the characters but a kind wise narrator who is telling you the events as they happen as the characters. The narration is not intrusive but appears just when you need it most, just when the story and the gameplay would require it. You don’t feel that you are being talked at but really being talked to, you feel the narrator is REALLY telling you this story. I personally when playing was just waiting for the next character to come on screen so I can meet them. You want these squares to be real to have the best things happen to them. You want Thomas to not be alone. For you are along for the ride.
The plot is so effective at what it does, when that white text comes on screen to let you know a thought is going to happen I would get on the edge of my seat waiting for it. It did not take me out of it, every part of the game from the dialogue to the music to the controls only immersed me more into this world. Only made me care more about these singular colored squares. Sorry Bioware. Your characters are cool and all, but have you met Chris?
THIS HANDSOME GUY
Thomas Was Alone is a perfect game. I honestly have no more words, but that everything about it was flawless.
DigitallyBlank 