What Remains of Edith Finch is the first "Walking Simulator" you'll want to play more than once.
"The Walking Simulator": A term with a tinge of negativity inherently, has become something of a buzzword in recent years. What once screamed boring to some has now become a genre that has some of the best story-telling in games. Between the release of Everybody's Gone to the Rapture in 2015, the rave-reviewed Gone Home in 2013, the upcoming Tacoma and even this week's Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice which has elements of a walking simulator, the genre has matured and is earning respect. The genre has matured to the point that game designers are able to use environmental storytelling at incredibly high levels to tell truly unique stories that only the medium of interactive entertainment can deliver. The best representation of the level of craft this genre has reached is What Remains of Edith Finch , Giant Sparrow's follow up to the fantastic The Unfinished Swan (2012) . Even if you've never been a fan of walking simulators or games that rely on envi...
