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Return to Grace
A daring space archaeologist has just unearthed the ancient resting place of a long lost A.I. god known as Grace. Adventure with various fractured A.I. personalities as you uncover the great mystery of why she was shut down all those years ago.
Details
- Released
- March 30, 2023
- Developer
- Creative Bytes Studios
- Publisher
- Creative Bytes Studios
- Platforms
- PC · PS4 · Xbox One · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S
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Return to Grace Reviews
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While not as deep as it could be, Return to Grace’s discussion of the role of AI in people’s lives – with those very AIs themselves – is a pleasant accompaniment to the wonderful sites discovered aboard an abandoned space base of the future.
Return to Grace is a short but sweet narrative adventure game. The puzzles are infrequent and never frustrating, while the storytelling and voice acting do an admirable job in telling this futuristic tale about the hopes and dreams of humanity. I think it’s well worth checking out on Game Pass.
Moon walk.Reviewer's Note: Return to Grace was reviewed on an Xbox Series S.Return to Grace couldn't be more topical. [...]
Walking sims are a genre that is full of games that are either enjoyable or boring and I am happy to say that this one is definitely enjoyable!
This experience is worth it, though. Characters, setting, and story converge in the exact way they need to for a narrative adventure game needs to succeed. But there is a world full of promise here, a hidden expanse of questions and ideas and thesis behind Return to Grace that I feel a deep desire to explore further. Not only is it a good kind of flaw for any game to have, but it also gives an opening for more to happen within the far future universe Return to Grace has built. If the studio chooses to go further with it or choose to keep it as a standalone grace, I’m certain I’ll be watching t...