When The Past Was Around

User Rating

7.6/10 (15 ratings)

Release Date

15th Dec 2020

No. of Players

1 (Single Player)

Genre

Adventure, Music, Puzzle

Publisher

Chorus Worldwide Games

Developer

Mojiken Studio

Content Rating

ESRB/Everyone, PEGI/3

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When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

This is the story of Eda, a girl in her early 20s.

Like anyone in her age, she’s lost.

She lost her way in the journey to achieve her dreams.

She lost her way in the journey to find love.

That until she met The Owl.

The man that would help her burn her passion,

the man that would help her find the spark in a relationship,

and also the man that would teach her about heartbreak.

The game tells a bittersweet tale between a girl and her lover in a surreal world consisting of disjointed rooms from memories and time. With each gathered clue, solved puzzles, and unlocked door, the girl will find her way, unraveling the secrets between her and her lover, the secrets which she used to know.

Fri 25th Dec 2020

Nintendo Life said:

Concise, carefully crafted and beautifully malleable in its meaning, When The Past Was Around is a rather gorgeous little art game that remembers it needs to be interesting in its puzzles as well as its narrative. Taking the principles of escape room-style gameplay and fitting them around its theme lends them a gravitas that belies their simplicity and elevates this game into more than just the indie flavour of the month. Sure, you're not likely to play it twice, but you'd be hard-pressed to forget about it. And, honestly, after this year? We needed it.

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