When comparing Until Dawn vs Gone Home, the Slant community recommends Until Dawn for most people. In the question“What are the best PS4 (PlayStation 4) games?” Until Dawn is ranked 63rd while Gone Home is ranked 133rd. The most important reason people chose Until Dawn is:
Until Dawn has gorgeous graphics, an incredible sound track, and knows how to instill terror in people. From the moment you start playing, there's an creeping feeling that never goes away. The graphics are stunning. Facial features are done very well, which adds a great deal to conveying the creepy nature of the game. The music is dark and very minimal. The ambient sounds are much more heavily used, and it's done incredibly well. The game is scary, that's the whole point of it. However, some games are scary, and others are horrifying. Until Dawn is utterly terrifying.
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Pros
Pro An enthralling experience
Until Dawn has gorgeous graphics, an incredible sound track, and knows how to instill terror in people. From the moment you start playing, there's an creeping feeling that never goes away.
The graphics are stunning. Facial features are done very well, which adds a great deal to conveying the creepy nature of the game. The music is dark and very minimal. The ambient sounds are much more heavily used, and it's done incredibly well.
The game is scary, that's the whole point of it. However, some games are scary, and others are horrifying. Until Dawn is utterly terrifying.
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 The writing is sub-par at times
Much of the dialogue between the characters is just corny, at best. You often find yourself wondering if characters are being ironic, or if the writers just didn't know what they were doing.
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.