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Play Overview
To the Moon (2011) is a story-adventure following two doctors trying to fulfil a dying man's last wish to go to the moon. With only a few ways to interact with the game, you control the doctors, exploring and solving puzzles to reconstruct the dying man's memories.
It looks like a retro role-play game but plays more like an interactive movie. Along the way, you battle people and solve puzzles to find ways to get deeper into the old man's memories to find significant objects.
You trace a chain of events backwards through his life to childhood. Once you have collected all the memories, you can re-connect objects from one memory to the next and move between them. As you do this you realise you can change the memories, by moving characters, objects and events, to make Johnny believe he has achieved his dream of going to the Moon.
There are three games in this trilogy:
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked To The Moon 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 5 weeks ago.
It looks like a retro role-play game but plays more like an interactive movie. Along the way, you battle people and solve puzzles to find ways to get deeper into the old man's memories to find significant objects.
You trace a chain of events backwards through his life to childhood. Once you have collected all the memories, you can re-connect objects from one memory to the next and move between them. As you do this you realise you can change the memories, by moving characters, objects and events, to make Johnny believe he has achieved his dream of going to the Moon.
There are three games in this trilogy:
- To the Moon (2011)
- Finding Paradise (2017)
- Impostor Factory (2021)
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked To The Moon 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 5 weeks ago.
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Benefits
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Age Ratings
Content Rating
Rated for younger players in Australia. Rated IGEA G.
Skill Level
9+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. Younger players need to be happy with a lot of reading. Players need to be able to parse the story and emotions of the characters. Some maturity is required to connect with the plight of the characters, their motivations and the work of retracing memories.
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Game Details
Release Date: 10/11/2011, updated in 2020
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, Switch and iOS
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Puzzle
Accessibility: 14 features
Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels
Developer: Reives Free Bird (@Reives_FreeBird)
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