Future Unfolding

Spaces of Play · Mar 15, 2017

Everyone10+

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In Future Unfolding you explore a surreal, dream-like world that is procedurally generated. You need to solve puzzles and interact with different animals to progress and open up new areas. You can die, but you don't have any weapons at your disposal, so you need to outsmart or outrun your predators. No handholding or tutorials, you discover everything yourself while you play.

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PC

Critic 7.5 (5 critics) · Gamer 7.9

PlayStation 4

Critic 7.1 (3 critics) · No ratings yet

Critic reviews

COGconnected
James Paley · Mar 26, 2017
7.2
I can’t decide what rating to land on with this game. I’m frustrated by the lack of direction, but I know how essential it is. I would hate it if there was more detailed info laying around, if there was any handholding taking place. There is no plot to speak of, which is both a disservice and an asset. The textual information you do get is infuriating, part philosophy notes, part riddles.
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GameSpew
Ruaraidh Dempster · Mar 15, 2017
7.0
Future Unfolding is magical experience; an elegant world waiting to be explored, with wonder at every step. But with each discovery, the wonder disappears – and isn’t replaced with anything new. Once you’ve uncovered everything the game has to show you, puzzles soon become petty barriers, the magic runs out and the procedurally-generated world loses its charm. In the end, Future Unfolding keeps unfolding for just a little too long.
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Brash Games
Theo Cookson · Jul 25, 2017
7.0
All in all, it’s an alright game but it’s just kind of boring. I definitely see how it would fit a specific mood as it is very therapeutic. The art is very nice and you can breeze through it without thinking very hard. There’s also a rather interesting and artistic narrative about the ascension of man in nature (also when you die your body becomes a tree and the whole game is brimming with trees.
God is a Geek
Dale Emasiri · Mar 30, 2017
8.0
It won’t be for everyone and the ‘Games as Art’ sentiment is hugely subjective, but if you’re looking for something like Journey without a narrative or a thread to follow through the world – where exploration is your only directive – then Future Unfolding is an excellent choice.
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TheSixthAxis
Steve C · Mar 15, 2017
8.0
Future Unfolding doesn’t compete with the open world delights of this season’s big hitters like Horizon: Zero Dawn or The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but instead offers a wonderfully relaxed and immersive combat-free alternative. It’s a safari rather than a big game hunt, but one that deserves to be explored.
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Vandal
Ramón Varela · May 23, 2017
7.0
En definitiva, un estilo más cercano a la experiencia que al videojuego, muy difícil de recomendar al gran público. Su mayor logro: lleva el concepto de la exploración hasta sus últimas consecuencias.
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