A Story About My Uncle

[Ross Scott]

Genre: Adventure

Year released: 2014

Ross's rating: Unrated

Link to game:

https://af.gog.com/game/story_about_my_uncle_a

Free to play: No

GaaS: No

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[Katamori]

Without exaggeration, I've never experienced anything like this. If you like clever puzzles, fairy tales, and gorgeous sceneries, it's a must.

[Nonsense_maker]

Straightforward little plot. It’s the movement mechanics and fantasy world that really sell this game. Not super long but it’s constantly doing something new, fun, and visually interesting. Highly recommend. 

[Fascist_Grapefruit]

The platforming is great and you can have a goat instead of the default grapple beam.

There's also a story but I didn't find it particularly interesting. It's rather short but that's OK, otherwise it would've gotten kind of repetitive.

Poor choice of name by the way.

[IanCookeTapia]

Bad title. But it doesn't lie. It is a story about someone's uncle!

Can't say I remember who the uncle was. Genious inventor. A bit tepid. Like weak tea left out too long.

 

Clever gameplay, gorgeous scenery. It is experimenting a lot and it is great for it.

 

I think they could've made the fairy tale store less textual. Give us more to figure out, keep the mystery going.

 

Overall, I would put it with The Unfinished Swan as the only two fairy tale book-style games I've ever personally played.

[kerdios]

The reviews here of this game makes me feel as if everybody is trying to troll me

Edited November 28, 2019 by kerdios (see edit history)

[Tyk-Tok]

I kinda consider this a little game that could, if you know what I mean. Great gameplay, to the point where my muscle memory applied it to different games. Story wasn't as profound or deep as it thought it was, I think it could have gone farther into the shallow or deep end and have come out better.

[Chad Mojito]

Nice graphics, interesting story, neat worldbuilding, good attention to detail, and mindblowingly obnoxious controls.

 

I would describe the gameplay as "Super Meat Boy on Xen with noodle arms". The level design is just bad, as not only simply getting around is a tedious chore but it's also a "where the fuck do I go" kind of game where your destination is never clear and you do a lot of going in circles accidentally. The experience reminded me a lot of Getting Over It with Bennet Foddy, except in that game the horrible controls were the point. Here, they just get in the way. I don't even want to know the end of the story because of how frustrating the whole thing is. And if you think I just hate difficulty: not at all, Dark Souls is one of my favourite games of all time. But A Story About My Uncle isn't just challenging; it made me feel like I was repeatedly trying to put a thread into the hole of a sewing needle while covered in oil and blind drunk.

This game made me hate grappling hooks.

Edited October 10, 2022 by Chad Mojito (see edit history)