Where the hell is my desktop? My experience with 'Emily Is Away Too'
If you don't care for spoilers, at least hear me out. After familiarizing you with the game, the intent of this writeup is to elaborate on the emotional impact it had on me. I encourage you to share the experience of my first playthrough with me, regardless of your intentions to try it. As we see it I understood the gist of Emily Is Away when I decided to make a last-moment purchase of it during the Steam Winter Sale. Well, mostly . I wasn't aware that there were two versions of the game. A free Emily Is Away version sat atop my search results, tempting me to avoid the purchase of a discounted Emily Is Away Too . Was 'Too' a sequel? Its description claimed it to be a spiritual successor , a dubious term that lends me pause. A surgical Google search led me to a simple conclusion: The original Emily Is Away essentially has the same ending every time you play it. 'Too' adds extra characters, a more streamlined presentation, and has branching paths leadi...