In Season: A letter to the future, you, as a young woman in a remote village, explore the world on your bike for the first time, collecting memories before cataclysms wash it all away. Your journey will take you to a strange valley planted with the seeds of the next season. In this final moment, you try to piece together the mystery of the valley. Every conversation, every scene makes sense: What is this season and why is it over?
what’s the story?
Most of the themes in “Season Letters to the Future” express the anxiety of the times. We are heading into a future that we know will be worse than the present. As this becomes more certain, there is an incidental thought that feels even darker: These terrible years are also good times. meaning, the subconscious is at the wheel), and exists to dismantle them, tear them apart, and return them to the world of fantasy. There is another big motif in the story. It’s the five senses.
a sensation or way of feeling things
Games often call attention to your senses. The screen goes black several times as the character approaches the sound and closes his eyes to hear it. The taste, feel, and smell of things are often described during exploration. This theme is strongly represented with many features only available on PlayStation 5. How does it feel to ride your bike? With adaptive triggers, you can change the resistance according to your speed and road gradient, so that climbs feel like climbs. Haptic feedback changes as you cycle through different types of terrain. When you record audio in-game, you hear the sound, but you also feel the shape of the sound through the vibration of the DualSense controller.
Season also uses Tempest 3D AudioTech to add an even deeper level of detail to the spatial dimension of sound. The world is full of ear-catching sounds and needs this close examination. The music is not only present in the score, it is part of the world, with automatic instruments, tunes from the radio, the chirping of rare birds, the singing of the wind through the bamboo. These are a wealth of details, but given the thematic importance the game places on our senses, they take on additional meaning.
interact with the world and its people
There are all kinds of people you’ll meet as you explore the world of Season. Each one is preparing for the changing seasons in their own way when you come across them.
Boy Kochi takes you on a bike tour of the valley the day before it gets flooded. Get to know the house he grew up in as he prepares for his final goodbyes.
Outsider artist Maytora chronicles the valley’s story through sculpture. You are the only witness to her last work.
Easel is the last monk in Tien Valley. Abandoned by his teachers and friends, the easel awaits the change of seasons in solitude, praying nothing until you arrive.
You guide them through moments of quiet crisis. In their lives, the changes that come to the world are not abstract, they happen quickly. They are trying to navigate, survive and find a way to live. you help them you remember them Carry them around in your journal.
- amazing bike road trip: Take a bike ride and meander through beautiful landscapes. After admiring the memorable views, take time to slow down and take in the stunning views.
- EXPLORE A MYSTERIOUS WORLD: You will meet various characters along the way and change the direction of the story. The land of Tieng Valley is open to explore, investigate and learn about the past and future of this place.
- Documents, Photos and Records: Collect memories, create records, and discover the secrets of this season before it ends. Your diary is the key to understanding this world.
- Beautiful soundtrack: Please accompany your trip with memorable masterpieces.
- Key Choices: Pay attention to your surroundings as you progress through the story and reach the end of the season. Choose the questions you ask your character carefully. These choices affect our relationships and our understanding of the world. Remember that what you collect is saved for the next season.
The gameplay of Season: A letter to the future focuses on exploring, recording, meeting other people, and unraveling the strange world around you. Wind your way through stunning landscapes on your bike. You can always get off your bike and equip your recording tools from your bag. Each captures a different element. Sound and music, art and architecture, voices of strangers, fading religious practices and vestiges of seasons long gone. Your tools will help you explore the world more closely until you can grasp all of its cultures, histories and ecosystems. Season: A letter to the future PlayStation 5 When PlayStation 4 Pre-order now or add it to your wishlist.
