11-11: Memories Retold (2018)

Aardman Digital, DigixArt

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

3.37 from 76 ratings

1299 members have it in their collection · 9 playing now · 907 backlogged · 49 wish listed

How long? Main story 5h · with extras 7h · 100% 16h (from 9 logged playthroughs)

11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.
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Details

Developers
Aardman Digital, DigixArt
Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Historical, Warfare
Steam
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Release dates

  • Nov 08, 2018 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 09, 2018 (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Rating distribution

5 stars
9
4 stars
25
3 stars
29
2 stars
11
1 star
2
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Community All Reviews Statuses

LittleLordRusty

Status LittleLordRusty Jan 1, 2020

Generous pre-review score of 6/10. The striking visuals could be seen as a metaphor for the chaos and blurred morality of WW1. Similarly the tedium of war is captured perfectlty by the gameplay. This is probably not intentional. The music and impressionist art do the emotional heavy lift when the storytelling -specifically Harry's romance story- falls flat.

The engine …

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Generous pre-review score of 6/10. The striking visuals could be seen as a metaphor for the chaos and blurred morality of WW1. Similarly the tedium of war is captured perfectlty by the gameplay. This is probably not intentional. The music and impressionist art do the emotional heavy lift when the storytelling -specifically Harry's romance story- falls flat.

The engine and art direction fail to truly capture the horrors of war, but it is nice to see a game like this that doesn't involve killing people, or black and white morality. You do shoot people, with a camera, which feels gimmickky if I'm being totally honest. They could have done a lot more with the mechanic, and with the letter writing aspect. Neither seems to have any real affect on the story, and the amount and 'quality' of the photos seems meaningless.

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