The World After
Set during a pandemic lockdown in France, The World After is a FMV point & click adventure game that tells the story of a man who tries to uncover the truth behind his strange nightmares and the mystery of the…
The World After is an adventure developed by Burning Sunset, released 5 May 2021 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac. It currently starts at $1.07 at Fanatical.
What The World After is
The World After is an adventure game developed by Burning Sunset and released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adventure Creator.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set during a pandemic lockdown in France, The World After tells the story of Vincent, a writer that fled the city in order to work on his new book. Recurring strange dreams push him to look for the truth behind the village mystery. As he investigates an old castle, he finds a way to switch between night and day and start being chased by a dreadful monster, The Nightwatcher. Will he be able to find answers? What lies beyond the Tannhäuser Gate? Who or what is The Nightwatcher? What is the meaning of the strange messages he keeps on finding?
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The World After holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 14 points below the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.07 at Fanatical, 91% below its usual price.
What it launched against
The World After launched on 5 May 2021, within three weeks of Biomutant, Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition and Mass Effect Legendary Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Biomutant, Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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