Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
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| Studio |
The Chinese Room SCE Santa Monica Studio |
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| Publisher | Sony Computer Entertainment | ||
| Senior Developer | Andrew Crawshaw | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
PlayStation 4 August 11, 2015 Windows April 14, 2016 |
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| platform | PlayStation 4 , Microsoft Windows | ||
| Game engine | CryEngine | ||
| genre | Adventure | ||
| Subject | Post apocalypse | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Gamepad | ||
| medium | Download | ||
| language | u. a. German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Polish | ||
| Current version | 1.01 | ||
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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (dt. About: "Everyone is in the Rapture Left") is an Adventure - Computer game from the first person view , that of The Chinese Room and SCE Santa Monica Studio was developed. Sony Computer Entertainment acts as the publisher. As the spiritual successor to Dear Esther , it is an action-driven open world game . Although the game was firstannouncedfor Windows , it was initially released exclusively for the PlayStation 4 on August 11, 2015. On April 14, 2016, the game was also released for Windows.
action
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is about six characters who tell their own story. They are connected to each other through landmarks in the world. The game is set after a mysterious apocalypse in the English county of Shropshire County (more precisely in the area around the fictional villages of Yaughton and Little Tipworth), which is completely deserted.
Game mechanics
In contrast to Dear Esther, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture has more options for interaction, such as manipulating objects and opening doors. In addition, events can be directly influenced by the player.
development
During the development of Dear Esther , the team wanted to include more interactive elements. When they realized this wasn't going to work, the basic concept of Everybody's Gone to the Rapture was worked on. In contrast to Dear Esther , the first release of the game was not for the PC, but for the PlayStation 4. The developers entered into a partnership with Sony , as they did not assume that they would get enough money through crowdfunding or sales of an alpha version .
The developers were influenced by the apocalyptic science fiction of the 1960s and 1970s in Britain, such as John Christopher's The Valley of Life and Island Without a Sea , John Wyndham's The Triffids and Charles Eric Maine's The Tide Went Out .
Soundtrack
The music for the game was composed by Jessica Curry (28 songs) and published by Sony Classical in the UK.
reception
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First reviews of Everybody's Gone to the Rapture were positive. In particular, the graphics, environment, story and sound design were praised. The game has a 78% rating on Metacritic . IGN awarded 8.5 out of ten points and wrote " Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is a wonderful, heartbreaking journey into the end of the world."
Awards
In March 2016, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture was nominated for ten BAFTA Video Games Awards , including best game.
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Everybody's Gone to the Rapture at MobyGames (English)
- Everybody's Gone to the Rapture in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Justin Davis: Gamescom 2013: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Announced for PS4. In: IGN . Ziff Davis , August 20, 2013, accessed August 11, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d Lewis Denby: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Dear Esther's successor. (No longer available online.) In: BeefJack. July 30, 2012, archived from the original on April 16, 2016 ; accessed on August 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Scott Nichols: 'Everybody's Gone to the Rapture' announced by 'Dear Esther' team. In: Digital Spy . Hearst Corporation , July 30, 2012, accessed August 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Everybody's Gone to the Rapture on Steam. Steam , accessed April 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Stephanie Carmichael: Interview: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. In: GameZone. July 3, 2012, accessed August 11, 2015 .
- ^ Nathan Grayson: Dear Esther Dev's Rapture No Longer Coming To PC. In: Rock, Paper, Shotgun . August 22, 2013, accessed August 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Thomas McMullan: Where literature and gaming collide. In: Eurogamer . Gamer Network, July 27, 2014, accessed August 11, 2015 .
- ^ Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. In: GameRankings . CBS Interactive Inc., accessed January 3, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture. In: Metacritic . CBS Interactive Inc., accessed January 3, 2017 .
- ^ Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. In: GameRankings . CBS Interactive Inc., accessed January 3, 2017 .
- ^ Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. In: Metacritic . CBS Interactive Inc., accessed January 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Matthew Sakuraoka-Gilman: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Review. In: Edge . Future plc , August 10, 2015, accessed August 11, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Marty Sliva: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Review. In: IGN . Ziff Davis , May 10, 2015, accessed May 12, 2015 .
- ↑ Alexa Ray Corriea: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Review. In: GameSpot . CBS Interactive, August 11, 2015, accessed August 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Mirco Fighters: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Test (PC). In: GameStar . Webedia, April 15, 2016, accessed January 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Foucauld Escaillet: Rapture received ten BAFTA nominations! The Chinese Room , March 10, 2016, accessed March 10, 2016 .
