Thomas Was Alone
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- User Rating
- 7.5/10
- Release Date
- 19th Feb 2021
- No. of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle
- Publisher
- Ant Workshop
- Developer
- Bithell Games
- Content Rating
- ESRB/Everyone, PEGI/12
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About
Thomas Was Alone is the award winning, critically acclaimed platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Guide a group of sentient rectangles through a series of obstacles, combining their skills to reach the end of each level.
Discover the story of the world’s first sentient AIs, and how they worked together to, well not escape… “escape” is a strong word. Perhaps “emerge” might be better. “Emerge” has an air of importance about it, while keeping the various plot twists and origin stories you’ll discover under wraps. We didn’t even mention the bouncing. That would be overkill.
Listen to reactive and atmospheric music originally composed by David Housden. Negotiate puzzles meticulously designed by Mike Bithell, and immerse yourself in the characters journey with a BAFTA award winning voiceover read wistfully and amusingly by Danny Wallace.
Also includes Thomas Was Alone: Benjamin’s Flight, the additional level pack that follows the tale of Benjamin and his father’s incredible invention. Meet a new companion and a familiar face in the events leading up to Thomas’ emergence.
- Beat 100 levels carefully designed to test your puzzle-solving skills and uncover the story of the AIs.
- Utilize the unique skills of 12 different characters, each as unique as the AIs themselves.
- Immerse yourself in David Housden’s critically acclaimed procedural score.
- Join Danny Wallace for a BAFTA award winning performance of the story’s narration.
- Includes Director’s Commentary by creator Mike Bithell.
- Includes the “Benjamin’s Flight” additional level pack – join new characters and utilize new abilities in 20 additional levels in a story about hope and the wild impetuosity of youth.
© 2012-2021 Mike Bithell Games Limited. Thomas Was Alone is a registered trademark of Mike Bithell Games Limited.
Reviews 1
Nintendo Life said:
As it’s a package from 2013 of a game that reportedly sold a million copies, you probably already know if you need to get Thomas Was Alone. If you haven’t played it and you have a Switch then you absolutely must get the demo – right away, no excuses. Its playful elucidation of how games work shouldn't be missed by anyone interested in the medium. The full game gives you a few hours of good platforming with great presentation and a well-told story. And as an artefact of its era of indie games, Thomas Was Alone is a delight. The game can be experienced start-to-finish in a few short sessions and Bithell’s commentary provides a sort of meta-narration to motivate another playthrough if you haven’t heard it before. In short, Thomas Was Alone was pretty great when it came out, it’s held up well and now it’s on your Switch.
8/10
User Reviews 1
JJtheTexan said:
Thomas Was Alone is a puzzle-platformer game with very simple visual elements, and a well-crafted story. It's presented with the voice of an unseen narrator adding drama and even romance to the abstract blocks that make up its world.
It's definitely different than any other game of its kind, and I enjoyed it, though some of the puzzles became quite difficult tests of precision platforming later on, and frustration set in for me. You might enjoy it more if you're into that sort of thing.
7/10
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