Tell Me Why is an adventure developed by DON'T NOD, released 27 August 2020 on Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play. The main story takes about 10.4 hrs to finish.
What Tell Me Why is
Tell Me Why is an adventure game developed by DON'T NOD and released in 2020. It was published by Xbox Game Studios. It is available on Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tell Me Why is the story of two twins, Alyson and Tyler Ronan, who reunite for the first time in ten years after their mother’s death. Upon returning to their childhood home in rural Alaska, the Ronans realize that their shared past may not be as they remember it.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are drama and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 30 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Tell Me Why holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 150 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.4 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel core i3 4130 (3.4 Ghz 2C / 4T) AMD FX 4300 (3.8 Ghz 4C / 4T), 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 750Ti or Nvidia GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon R7 260X or AMD Radeon RX 560. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Tell Me Why launched on 27 August 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades and Factorio. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 7 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades, Factorio.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Tell Me Why yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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