When comparing MirrorMoon EP vs Gone Home, the Slant community recommends Gone Home for most people. In the question“What are the best Exploration games on Steam?” Gone Home is ranked 9th while MirrorMoon EP is ranked 31st. The most important reason people chose Gone Home is:
Through interacting with objects in the environment of the game (a house) one is able to learn piecemeal the story that the game is set out to tell.
Specs
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Pros
Pro No other life forms
All of the planets in the game do not have any inhabitants making for a very solitary feeling title.
Pro Explore a vast universe
The game allows the player to explore unnamed worlds in order to solve puzzles on them, through this exploration the player gets to visit a vast universe of unexplored planets.
Pro Far different than any game you'll ever play
The central hub of the game is a vast array of dials and switches that are sparsely defined making for a very explorative environments, from there you will go to many different planets that have crazy color designs. While a very solitary title due to no life forms on these planets it gives the player a chance to really absorb the different worlds and their own control panel.
Pro Basically no instructions
Pro Zen gameplay about discovery
Pro Best soundtrack
Pro Beautiful world
Pro Deep environmental storytelling
Through interacting with objects in the environment of the game (a house) one is able to learn piecemeal the story that the game is set out to tell.
Pro Interesting side stories
Besides the main story there are several side stories in the game that center around the rest of the people who live in the house. Through interacting with objects in the house one learns of the surrounding circumstances of those that live there.
Cons
Con Can get boring
The nature of the game allows for what can become quite boring in that there is little guidance and also little to see making for an experience that can become quite "samey".
Con Details are sometimes off
The objects and dialog aren't consistent for things such as the mom's place of employment.
Con Weak voice acting
While most of the voice acting is adequate there are many moments that stick out as poorly done and lessens the experience of the game.