Season: Letters to the Future is really funny. You leave your cozy mountain village and are tasked with documenting the history of a nearby valley before the seasons change. However, the new season doesn’t mean what it does in the real world. In fact, like a tragedy disguised as a warm embrace, danger seems to lurk behind many mundane things here.
Embark on an adventure, take photos, record audio with field microphones, and uncover an astonishing number of devastating events. Biking through pleasant, vibrant valleys is fun, but something is wrong, even if it’s easy to get hung up on the geometry.
The stories we hear from the few remaining residents paint an entirely different picture. Identity-stealing gods, wars quelled by witchcraft, and mystical minerals that nourish memories. The amount of curious things you’ll encounter is incredible, and the variety of stories is amazing. There are many hints and hints of events that we wanted to hear. While the game almost always takes a less-is-more approach and chooses enough descriptions to keep you interested, the experience packs more than one game’s worth of ideas.
With clever moves, the gameplay is also heavily focused on world building. Instead of doing shooters or platforming puzzles, you simply exist as an observer. After the seasons change and everything is wiped out, record as many interesting things as you can find to make sure the record of your time still exists. It becomes an almost religious experience as it fills you with all the moments that matter most to you. It’s not easy to pick just a few.
The voice acting is subpar, but the script is excellent, traversing the delicate tonal line between sadness and catharsis while crafting meaningful and emotional moments at will. What you leave behind is an engaging and emotionally powerful experience that won’t leave you any time soon.
