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We Were Here Forever

Total Mayhem Games · May 10, 2022

PC · PS5 · Series X|S · PS4 · Xbox One

Teen

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You and your fellow prisoner are trapped in the realm of Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? To escape, you must explore the sinister castle for puzzles and plot your escape together. Secrets and riddles are hidden in the shadows. Just be aware that nothing is what it seems in this mysterious Antarctic adventure. Can you two escape together, or will you be trapped… forever? Locked up in the dungeons, deep in the bowels of Castle Rock, you and a fellow prisoner must seek a way out and return to stand again beneath the icy Antarctic skies - but escaping this nightmare will not be so easy, let alone escaping the castle itself. Freeing yourselves from your cells and escaping the Keep is only the beginning - but does one truly escape Castle Rock? Fresh mysteries await, and you’ll have to make some choices about how to proceed. Your journey leads from the dark prison through the royal halls to the outside. Outside the Keep, you will discover the story of Rockbury, its inhabitants, and plans of a resistance formed against the King to escape this icy place. Hope will lead you on to an eerie Graveyard and have you descend down into the dark waters of the Foundry. You two have been brought here for a purpose. You might even be the missing piece of a puzzle set in motion long ago, in a time long forgotten. But someone, or something, desperately seeks to solve that puzzle, by any means necessary. Only an unshakeable bond with your partner will give you any hope of survival in the face of such dreadful desire…

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Scores by platform

PC

Critic 7.5 (18 critics) · Gamer 8.9

8.0

PlayStation 5

Critic 7.4 (3 critics) · Gamer 9.5

Xbox Series X|S

Critic 7.7 (3 critics) · No ratings yet

PlayStation 4

No critic reviews yet · Gamer 9.6

Xbox One

No critic reviews yet · No ratings yet

Critic reviews

  • Gaming Trend

    Ben Lombardo · Feb 20, 2023

    6.5
    Quantity doesn’t mean quality, and when you’re in control of a unique genre like coop puzzlers you don’t want to step on the quality of what made this series great. Plus, the lack of a compelling story is disappointing when it’s the only thing that’s meant to encourage you to keep playing.
  • Sirus Gaming

    Franz Anthony Galeon · Feb 01, 2023

    8.5
    We Were Here Forever is a title that stands out on its own. I for one was in awe of what this game has to offer, from its strange story to the various challenges the game throws at you. Fully encouraging players to communicate clearly and really define the term “teamwork”. Nothing can be achieved alone in this game.
  • Xbox Tavern

    Jamie Collyer · Jul 26, 2022

    9.0
    Granted, the sporadic play sessions didn’t help but we were so focused on the puzzles at hand that we didn’t really pay too much attention to the tale. That’s not to say its not worth listening to the interstitial cutscenes and the like, but for us, we’d often be chatting about the puzzles we’d just beat while these were going on, meaning we missed a far bit of the exposition.
  • Hey Poor Player

    Daymon Trapold · Jun 22, 2022

    8.0
    We Were Here Forever is one long, brilliantly designed escape room puzzle that requires constant communication between players, making for a truly unique experience that will be hard to replicate. I definitely recommend grabbing a good friend and diving in. You won’t regret it.
  • HookedGamers

    Dan Lenois · May 29, 2022

    8.0
    Overall, We Were Here Forever is a compelling atmospheric puzzle game with a moderately high production value. However, its strong reliance specifically on cooperative gameplay all but necessitates multiplayer participation, including voice chat communication, so if you don’t have a buddy to play with and communicate with via Steam voice chat or a third-party app like Discord, you won’t be getting the full value out of this game.

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  • Cole Montebon

    Apr 17, 2023 · PC

    7.5

    We Were Here Forever

    The puzzles in the game were good but some were not that challenging. It is the longest game in the series but the other games in the series had better puzzles. Played it on the day it was released and encountered a few bugs which cost me and my friend a few hours due to troubleshooting, and we just ended up restarting that certain chapter in order to progress.

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