Adios

Adios is a narrative achievement. It uses the medium of video games to tell a deeply human story that will stick with you long after you put the game down. With some of the best voice acting in the business Adios is a must play and one of my favorite games this year.

Step into the shoes of a pig farmer who’s grown weary of disposing of bodies for the mob in this sombre and moving tale of choice, regret and trying to do the right thing. This is a story that doesn’t pull its punches, so prepare to feel some feelings.

Adios is brief and mostly concerned with dialogue, but it's a thought-provoking piece of interactive fiction, even if the visual style clashes with the narrative.

Then there’s the man himself – he’ll follow you round the house during one of the free roam sections, then get in your way when you try to leave the room. It detracts from Adios‘ melancholy mood when you’re leaping around like Zebedee from The Magic Roundabout, hammering the space bar just to get out of the door.

Adios' fantastic, profound narrative offers an interesting glimpse from a rarely-covered perspective. It's only elevated by a pair of fantastic performances from its leading cast members, that lend an authentic feel to the tale. While the superficial gameplay may not be to everybody's tastes, if you're looking for a short and bittersweet story, Adios is a solid choice.

Adios touches on the passing of time and the effects that events have on all things afterwards in subtle and clever ways.  This is not your standard ‘Walking Simulator’ and instead, the primary focus, thanks to well written and well acted script is to make you ask yourself some deep questions about who you are, where you are in your life and really, on what is truly important.

The first time I saw the trailer for Adios, developed by small indie studio Mischief, I was instantly intrigued. No, it wasn’t for the gameplay, as the trailer barely showed any semblance of it, but because of the setting. I could immediately notice that the game was about a pig farmer who uses his animals to eat chopped up human parts for the mob. That good old body disposal method just like how ...