The WhatsNext verdict
If surreal, emotionally heavy stories that reward reflection are your thing, The Endless Empty delivers memorable dreamlike chapters and expressive music. Play it if you can tolerate rough combat, bugs, and a short runtime.
What it does best
A strange, emotionally heavy story that rewards thinking about it
Every chapter looks like a different fever dream
Music gives each emotional state its own voice
What might put you off
Rough, secondary RPG combat
Short and technically unpolished
The setup
What you are walking into
It only took a few moments for the feeling of panic to set in. "What if I lived my life wrong? How would I be judged? What if there is nothing after this?" The story begins with an individual, recently deceased, who is struggling to comprehend the reality of being dead. The mind, disconnected and failing, desperately attempts to form some vision of reality. Yet, the memories of its life are only distant whispers. It can't recall a personality, friends, or even an appearance. But there is hope. The memories of the music, the disconnected emotions. And in a rush of information, sometimes there appear memories of her: the rockstar.
Where it lives
Genre
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