Platforms: PC, PS4 Reviewed On: PC Developer: Ovosonico Publisher: 505 Games Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Review code provided free of charge by the publisher. Videogames don’t often affect me emotionally outside of making me annoyed or happy because I’m having fun. But The Last Day of June hit me in the feels. There weren’t any tears, yet I did walk away in a contemplative frame of mind. I was invested in the story it wanted to tell, a story of heartfelt love and terrible loss, of learning to accept, of sacrifice and of grief. That’s impressive because The Last Day of June doesn’t contain any form of dialogue, rather its small cast of strangely eyeless characters communicate solely through sighs, moans, giggles and other little sounds that work with the wonderful animations to give them more personality than most games with massive runtimes, budgets and voice actors ever manage. Part of this boils down to simplicity; without any voice acting emotions are kept simple and ...
