Where The Heart Is
A new look at Where The Heart Is has been released into the wild to give us a taste for what we will have to choose within Where The Heart Is
We are back with one more indie title to look at now with Where The Heart Is. This is a new title coming out of Armature Studio over on the PS4 this Winter that looks to have us rewrite a bit of history. Fictional history, but still the history of one man as he progresses through this narrative-driven journey that is Where The Heart Is. In the shorter version of all of this while we look at the beauty that is the trailer that came with the announcement here. There is a lot more going on with the game, but now that you have the basics you can figure out if you are going to carry along with everything else that we have to share for this title.
That all said, Where The Heart Is is a journey of a family that gets pulled into a weird realm after a sinkhole appears and the family dog goes in. They all get pulled in but Whit, the protagonist here, gets to relive his memories and learn more about his world than he saw before. This is partially in terms of his direct family but also in ways of other people he interacted with in life. Given how some of the characters start to fade away or dissolve out in the trailer here, Where The Heart Is will most likely have some of those choices that will remove his wife and/or kids from the picture. Given that we will have hundreds of options in the area and dozens of endings, I think all of that should be a safe guess to go with here. Have a look and see just what I am talking about here.
Where The Heart Is — Official Trailer
Where The Heart Is, a surreal narrative journey through one man's past where he will reevaluate a lifetime of important decisions, seeks greener pastures on PlayStation 4 in Winter 2020.
Directed and conceived by Armature Studio co-founder Todd Keller (lead artist for Metroid Prime), Where The Heart Is emerges from an all-star team of veteran developers, including Beth Foster (senior artist for Metroid Prime) and Scott Eaton (art manager for God Of War).
On the kind of fateful stormy night that changes a man’s destiny, an enormous sinkhole opens in the middle of Whit Anderson’s farm. As thunder rumbles and rain lashes the Andersons, Casey — their curious Golden Retriever — ventures too close to the gaping maw and tumbles in. Desperate to save Casey, Whit descends into the darkness, but emerges in a realm beyond his imagining.
In this strange world, constantly shifting like the stops and starts of a dream, Whit bears witness to the story of his life and gains the power to change it.
Experience a lifetime in hazy, ethereal spaces made manifest by Whit’s memories. As they come into focus, explore his childhood, learn about his family, and uncover his greatest joys and regrets. Connect with others who’ve shared in Whit’s life, from his eccentric, misunderstood brother Sege and high school sweetheart Rene to the children they raise.
At pivotal moments in Whit’s dreamlike reflection, at the points in time and space where lives change forever, make new choices or stick with the decisions which helped form his family. Answer, for Whit, what life would have been like. If he’d stood with his brother. If he’d stayed behind. If he’d taken the leap. If he’d said ‘Yes.’
Behold surreal environments and structures that defy reality. Soak up an ambient soundscape befitting a dream. Discover what gets left behind, and what’s worth returning to, across a selection of intimate vignettes. Make hundreds of choices on the journey back home, where dozens of possible endings await.
Do you have any dark thoughts on where Where The Heart Is is going to take us in the story? Do you suspect that we could lose everything in some of the endings based on what we choose or will it generally come to the same end? How would you feel about making different choices in your memories and seeing how they will play out in real-time? Let us and the world know what you are thinking down in the comments and then feel free to discuss it all. If there is more to share for Where The Heart Is, we will have it all here on the site. Be sure to keep checking back in for all of that and more.
