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Tell Me Why

Aug 27, 2020

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3.38 average rating based on 341 ratings

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Tell Me Why is the latest narrative adventure game from DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio behind the beloved franchise, Life is Strange. In this intimate mystery, twins Tyler and Alyson Ronan use their supernatural bond to unravel the mysteries of their loving but troubled childhood in beautiful small-town Alaska.
Developers
DON'T NOD
Publishers
Xbox Game Studios
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Drama, Mystery
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Release Dates
Aug 27, 2020 (Worldwide)
PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
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User Stats
3512
In Collection
156
Wish Listed
34
Playing
2495
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How Long Is Tell Me Why?
Main story: 13.7 hours
Main + extras: 10.6 hours
100% completion: 13.8 hours
Total completions: 25
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andhen
andhen gave Sep 15, 2020
andhen gave Sep 15, 2020
Great storytelling once more by DontNod

I didn't think I would like the game going into it, but DontNod does their magic and I'm super invested in the characters. It's very mature, touches important subjects and feels realistic. Playing as two characters works out well, you get more perspective of their individual thoughts and it makes it easier to make decisions for them. I liked the memory and voice parts of the story, and I loved the book of goblins. Very fairytale-like. The problem with this game is that it's too short and has a very anticlimactic ending. I was expecting way more from the way its all setup. But it might be DontNod's way of saying that not everything has to be complicated.

Tendopain
Tendopain updated their status Jun 5, 2025
Tendopain updated their status Jun 5, 2025

There has been so much unnecessary and ridiculous drama.

anarchistica
anarchistica updated their status May 31, 2024
anarchistica updated their status May 31, 2024
Shirochwan
Shirochwan updated their status Jan 26, 2024
Shirochwan updated their status Jan 26, 2024

Je ne sais pas si j'ai réussi à optimiser mon pc mais pour l'instant ça tourne très bien ! J'avais oublié que le doublage français était cool.

Shirochwan
Shirochwan updated their status Jan 21, 2024
Shirochwan updated their status Jan 21, 2024

Allez on retente de finir Tell me why, même si il a la fâcheuse manie de mettre mon pc à genoux !

anarchistica
anarchistica updated their status Jun 1, 2022
anarchistica updated their status Jun 1, 2022

This is free for the month of June, just like last year:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1180660/Tell_Me_Why/

From the developers of Life Is Strange.

calnilam
calnilam updated their status May 26, 2022
calnilam updated their status May 26, 2022

Apart from its importance as a game representing issues faced by the trans community, I think it does a great job at storytelling. Sure, the story might be predictable and you can see the twists coming from a mile away, but it's still another very cute entry in the DONTNOD universe. They always manage to put the characters first, even if there's a fantastical aspect to the story. The superpowers usually just have an impact on a select few people, which is always a nice touch and makes them feel 'real.' I congratulate DONTNOD for never disappointing me when it comes to the heart and soul of its characters.

ahysanti
ahysanti updated their status Jan 26, 2022
ahysanti updated their status Jan 26, 2022

Alyson in Chapter 1: "I told you she wouldn't talk. It's like she's got CIA training."

... Um, what?

ahysanti
ahysanti updated their status Jan 25, 2022
ahysanti updated their status Jan 25, 2022

Still playing; thoughts so far: This feels more like a story that would have been better told as a book, or a movie or mini-series. That may have been better as we would've been able to go at our own pace (or a slightly more normal pace in movie/tv format). What I mostly dislike about Dontnod games is how excruciatingly slow it all is (how the characters move and interact). This is no different, except that so far, it doesn't have the same game element 'hook' as LiS (i.e. I don't think twin telepathy to uncover the truth behind their mom's death is in the same level as kids with unexplained destructive powers, and so far, all I've done is interact with the characters' surroundings and "remembered" stuff).

mariskaas
mariskaas updated their status Jul 2, 2021
mariskaas updated their status Jul 2, 2021

Don't know how this game flew under my radar as I loved Life is Strange. But here we are. Guess got it for free now, so can't complain too much (:

Alphadoriest
Alphadoriest updated their status Jun 1, 2021
Alphadoriest updated their status Jun 1, 2021

https://www.pcgamer.com/tell-me-why-is-free-this-month/

Full season/trilogy of episodes is free! Good for me, since I enjoyed the first complimentary act.

PangEr97
PangEr97 updated their status May 7, 2021
PangEr97 updated their status May 7, 2021

Finished a first play through! Overall enjoyed it. I will say I was more emotionally impacted by Life is Strange but still a great job by DONTNOD.

PangEr97
PangEr97 updated their status May 4, 2021
PangEr97 updated their status May 4, 2021

Continued where I left off in Ch. 2. Definitely some emotional moments in this chapter!

PangEr97
PangEr97 updated their status May 2, 2021
PangEr97 updated their status May 2, 2021

No spoilers but continued where I left off in Chapter two.

100indecisions
100indecisions updated their status Apr 17, 2021
100indecisions updated their status Apr 17, 2021

oh my god they put pilot bread in this game

my hopes for a reasonably accurate representation of Alaska just went up but like, in a confusing way

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Rubisan
Rubisan updated their status Mar 6, 2021
Rubisan updated their status Mar 6, 2021

Interesting in matters of inclusion but quite boring and slow... It feels quite real (it could be perfectly a real world story) and it has some positive and interesting things, but in terms of mechanic or action, you need patience with this one. In the end, I liked the characters and how they were growing up while living again certain memories of the past with an adult mind/perspective. But... it could have been much better in my opinion if a little bit longer, maybe? When I was starting to feel connected to the characters, I was already getting at the end of the game.