Sunset

Selected Articles

• "Sunset uses the routine of labour to exquisite effect as a framework to tell a story about class and political revolution."
  - Simon Parkin, Eurogamer
• "an enormously affecting examination of the impact of war"
  - Edge 281, July 2015, Edge
• "Sunset is the work of a sometimes inscrutable studio at its most accessible, and its best. At once contemplative and incendiary, this is a quiet game within which burns a fierce revolutionary spirit."
  - Edge 281, July 2015, Edge
• "a rare treat, an unusual and thrilling use of the video game medium"
  - Simon Parkin, Eurogamer
• "Rather than focus on the explicit violence of a military coup, Sunset centers on the emotional brutality of war."
  - Reid McCarter, Playboy
• "Sunset is a gift, an all too rare kind of game that focuses on people loving and hurting in mundane but almost unbearable ways."
  - Javy Gwaltney, Paste magazine
• "Sunset is the sort of game we need more of."
  - Chad Sapieha, Financial Post
• "Sunset is that rare game endeavours to challenge players to be entertained by something other than action. It wants us to engage a higher level of our minds, the part reigned by curiosity, empathy, and analytical thought."
  - Chad Sapieha, Financial Post
• "Sunset is a short and rather lonely game, but it manages to use its vast stores of quiet to let a rich web of themes breathe through the player."
  - Evan Narcisse, Kotaku
• "The art direction, set design and soundtrack in Sunset are all glorious."
  - Evan Narcisse, Kotaku
• "Sunset is a fantastically polished example of an exploratory game which, despite taking place in a single location, conveys a brilliant story simply by making minor tweaks to the scene you occupy."
  - Daniel Carreras, VGChartz
• "Tale of Tales has perfected the formula for storytelling in FPS adventure genre."
  - Lucija Pilić, Reboot magazine
• "Sunset realizes the dream of all of Tale of Tales' previous works. It's a brilliant summary of what games can be."
  - M. Joshua Cauller, Plus 10 Damage
• "Sunset takes advantage of every corner and interactive object in the apartment to tell a rich, complex story in a very natural way."
  - Lucija Pilić, Reboot magazine
• "The story is excellent and will draw you in, making you feel as if you truly are Angela Burnes."
  - Jessica Mock, Hardcore Gamer
• "Una storia interattiva che è in perfetto equilibrio fra ciò che racconta, ciò che lascia intuire, quel che permette di immaginare. Il risultato è uno dei giochi più raffinati degli ultimi anni."
  - Jaime D'alessandro, La Repubblica
• "Entrare nell’ottica di un titolo così particolare e accettarne consapevolmente i limiti di gameplay significa allora poter godere di un’opera coraggiosa e magnetica, e per questo così rara e preziosa."
  - Joseph Arace, Everyeye.it
• "Sunset acts as a thoughtful, pensive walk through social themes and struggles not often explored in this medium."
  - Josiah Renaudin, Game Spot
• "Sunset, a first-person game from Tale of Tales, exists somewhere between the grand love story of Casablanca and the softly spoken pain of Raymond Carver’s characters. It is a game of startling beauty housing quiet but immense ambition."
  - Javy Gwaltney, Paste magazine
• "Sunset manages to make you care about characters and a story that you never directly interact with."
  - Daniel Carreras, VGChartz
• "Sunset is a wonderfully atmospheric slow burner and a valuable addition to a medium where the predominant approach to conflict is to just give you a big old gun and invite you to get stuck in."
  - Philippa Warr, RPS
• "The act of housekeeping sounds like a curiously mundane fit for a video game, but in its latest game Sunset, developer Tale of Tales has turned it into a welcome constant in a world of chaos. Sunset is a meditative and unnerving experience, and one I won’t forget quickly."
  - Lucy O’Brian, IGN
• "Sunset is a meditative and ultimately quite beautiful experience in a world of civil unrest. Though its rigid mechanics occasionally disrupts the flow of the story, this is a rewarding game to be slowly savoured."
  - Lucy O’Brian, IGN
• "The entire world of Sunset is masterfully crafted in every way."
  - Jessica Mock, Hardcore Gamer
• "But, to paraphrase Anthony Hopkins in The Lion in Winter, when the only choices one can make are small, they matter."
  - Sam Zucchi, Kill Screen
• "Ultimately, the game hangs like a pendulum, waiting for the player’s hand to send it this way or that, to pass through the darkness of civil war, and cast their own meaning—like sunlight—upon the action."
  - Sam Zucchi, Kill Screen
• "In short, there is an almost novelistic weight to the details that describe this game, and the parsing of these elements gives the game an uncommon richness."
  - Sam Zucchi, Kill Screen
• "Sunset is unlike any game I have ever played."
  - Stephanie Smith, Gamer Headlines
• "The apartment is exquisitely presented. Every object is authentic to the period, detail that, along with Austin Wintory's restrained soundtrack, lends significant weight to the ambiance."
  - Simon Parkin, Eurogamer
• "The game elegantly communicates a very particular kind of relationship in the period world, in all of its power-dynamics and complexity."
  - Simon Parkin, Eurogamer
• "Sunset tells a story about revolution via the reflection of domesticity, an unusual and thrilling use of the video game medium, and one that expands both its scope and its definition."
  - Simon Parkin, Eurogamer
• "Tale of Tales' latest uses the routine of labour to exquisite effect as a framework to tell a story about class and political revolution."
  - Simon Parkin, Eurogamer
• "Sunset offers an ever evolving experience that changes each time you play based on the choices you make, and immerses the player in a story of war, rebellion, art and (depending on how you play) love."
  - Alexx Aplin, ModVive
• "A new wave of games is looking to change that by showing war from a range of different perspectives in order to make you think about it in a different way."
  - Andrew Webster, The Verge
• "Tale of Tales has never been a conventional developer but that hasn't stopped over a thousand backers from funding its upcoming noir adventure Sunset on Kickstarter."
  - Jeffrey Matulef, Eurogamer
• " Tale of Tales’ games have been consistently interesting, and a move towards the mainstream, although unlikely to result in a high-octane through-the-gun experience, should make for an interesting product, and an interesting process to observe as it is developed."
  - Daniel Nye Griffiths, Forbes
• "For a studio which makes such quiet and contemplative games, Tale of Tales have been bafflingly controversial."
  - Alice O'Connor, Rock, Paper, Shotgun
• "In this game then, the military story – the Battlefield story – is happening elsewhere, outside the windows. Tale of Tales want players to understand what it feels like to be trapped within it."
  - Keith Stuart, The Guardian
• "No guns, no combat, no puzzles. Interesting, right?"
  - Patricia Hernandez, Kotaku
• "Sunset, the most recent effort from high-concept developer Tale of Tales, a game that seeks to break through several gaming norms all in one fell swoop."
  - Michelle Starr, CNET
• "A comparison to Gone Home is warranted here but Sunset's rummaging is more improvisational and playful."
  - Chris Priestman, Kill Screen
• "Tale of Tales tells high-brow, intellectual and emotional stories with its games, including The Path and The Graveyard, and its latest project is Sunset, a first-person thriller set in the loft of a fictional South American city."
  - Jessica Conditt, Joystiq
• "It will be interesting to see what Tale of Tales draws on to tell the story of Anchuria's military dictatorship."
  - Carly Smith, The Escapist
• "If you were interested in checking out a new game that goes against the grain, Sunset could be a game worth taking a look at."
  - Tyler Lee, Ubergizmo
• "Tale of Tales has a solid reputation for doing what it does and I'm very much looking forward to Sunset."
  - Andy Chalk, PC Gamer
• "a remarkably diverse array of collaborators"
  - Alex Wawro , Gamasutra
• "Times have changed quite a bit and most gamers are now open to a wider variety of experiences in their entertainment."
  - Marcus Estrada, Hardcore Gamer
• "Tale of Tales makes a game about war and doesn’t give you a gun"
  - Tom Chick, Quarter to Three
• "Sunset is a fascinating idea for a game."
  - Konstantinos Dimopoulos, IndieGames
• "Angela's experience, and by extension the player's, will deal with questions of power, love and violence."
  - Megan Farokhmanesh, Polygon
• "A very different perspective on war; not a man with a gun in the field or some faceless general, but a woman with a feather duster in a luxurious apartment, given one hour a day to both make things tidy and make a difference."
  - Richard Cobbett, Rock, Paper, Shotgun
• "For any that are skeptical about the narrative story based game genre, take a look at Sunset it might change your mind."
  - Angelina Bonilla, Game Skinny
• "Despite any current debate about the nature of what makes a game, Tale-of-Tales seem perfectly comfortable with pushing the boundary of artistic expression through video games."
  - Jesse Tannous, Examiner.com
• "The way Angela interacts with objects in Gabriel’s apartment unfolds with the profound deliberation of a Japanese tea ceremony, where every move is the result of endless contemplation and the process itself is a microcosm of the universe."
  - Eric Thornton, TechnologyTell