A mystery that isn't mysterious. A banal plot with no twists. And a story with no spark.
Gone Home is a literary bait and switch that promises a spooky mystery, a haunted mansion with secret passageways, misguided teens who dabble in the occult, and a family gone missing. It has a dark and stormy night, creaky floorboards, and mysterious pentagrams and candles. And while all of this sounds good, it's not what this game delivers.
*major spoilers*
And where are the missing parents? They went away for the weekend - presumably to add a little spark to their marriage. And where is my lost little sister? She ran off with her girlfriend. That's it. No ghosts. No mystery. No plot twists. Nothing.
Yawn.
Those are two hours I'll never get back.