Today I learned that Proteus has an ending.
Played: Proteus
- I bought Proteus months ago, but today was the first day I cried playing it.
- It’s hard to explain. Proteus is a game with solid colours, a largely-uninhabited island, nothing to do apart from walk around and bask in the procedurally generated music and environmental events. Sometimes, going somewhere will trigger a certain action. It doesn’t need to, though.
- I don’t want to spoil the game by saying what made me cry, which makes something like this very hard to write. Occasionally, though, the game sweeps you off your feet and casts your expectations aside, and that’s what makes this exciting - that despite appearances, you never know what’s next.
- It was released on Steam last week for the (bargain) price of £6.29/$8.99, and it’s definitely worth your time.