![]() ![]() Because I did really love everything about SEASON: A letter to the future, from the incredible art direction to the wonderful sound mixing to Maureen Adelson’s restrained performance as the Protagonist. Through the eyes of a young woman from a secluded community, explore the world for the first time. I cannot remember the last time I played a game I enjoyed this much that left me this unsatisfied when it was over. 16 Images Summary Season is a third-person atmospheric adventure bicycle road trip game. It was like being promised a trip to Disneyland but never going beyond Main Street, U.S.A. As I watched the credits roll, it felt like it was just getting started, that I still had so much to see. Season: A Letter to the Future is coming to PS4, PS5 (29.99) and PC (Steam/Epic Games Store) for 24.99 on January 31, 2023. Make no mistake, there is an ending to this game, but it comes so suddenly that I couldn’t believe I’d reached it at that point in my journey. But by golly, does it feel like an abridged one. And at eight hours, SEASON isn’t necessarily a short game. In fact, as somebody whose motto is “ain’t nobody got time for that,” I’ll take a short game over a long game any day. What does matter is deciding how you want to tell the story of this world. Whether or not this place actually exists doesn’t really matter. ![]() ![]() Her destination is the Museum Vault, an almost mythical place at the end of the world that is allegedly safe from the changing seasons. Traveling with a tape recorder, instant camera, and sketchbook, she’ll set off on bike from her hometown to document life as it exists now for future generations. Neil Bolt / JanuAn emotional, melancholy journey to record the essence of a civilization before its time runs out makes for a breathtaking game. ![]() There is a beautifully rendered world out there for the Protagonist to explore and discover. The season the Protagonist lives in is one marked by maladies of the mind, and throughout her journey, she’ll hear stories of how these unseen illnesses have incapacitated people from all walks of life. There’s been a season of industrial growth, a golden season of prosperity, and a season of war. Previous seasons have come and gone, changing the landscape and history of this world. We chart the heights of society, but also how fragile and transitory culture is in the scheme of things.Seasons in SEASON are-from what I can tell, as the game doesn’t necessarily explain them outright-what we would call eras. Collecting items for the time capsule in a world with limited time highlights the importance of holding onto what we have created. Through this, it questions the myth of progress. It's a game about prayer and memory and being held up by our ancestors. You feel the texture of the ground change as you cycle over different terrain, using the DualSense wireless controller’s haptic feedback. Adaptive triggers are used to pedal your bicycle, the resistance will vary depending on your speed and the steepness of the road. On PlayStation 5 the DualSense controller is used for immersion. This impacts not only the world but how the adventure ends for you. With the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller, you will feel the terrain under. You can't help everyone and must make choices about what and who you spend time recording and helping. Season will be making full use of the Dualsense controller for the PS5. What you choose to do, what you choose to record, and what you come to understand about this unique universe evolve as you explore. As you meet and interact with people you create a unique story. It's a quest where you discover a new world and different societies. Your goal is to find as much of the world as you can, to protect these treasures from being forgotten. As you do you peel back the layers of this mystery until you’re able to grasp the culture, history, and ecology underneath everything. At any point, you can hop off your bike to capture different things sound, music, art and architecture, voices of old people, vanishing religious practices, and the traces of seasons long past. PlayStation 14.8M subscribers Subscribe 1.2K Share 44K views 3 months ago ps5 ps5games ps4 In SEASON: A letter to the future, you play as a young. In the game, you explore the world on your bicycle and document what you find with photographs, sound recordings and drawings. Your task is to collect artefacts, record sounds and take pictures to preserve memories before the mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. You play a young woman leaving a secluded community to explore the world for the first time. Season: A Letter to the Future is a narrative adventure about a road trip as the weight of history turns. ![]()
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