Far from Noise Hack 1.1 + Redeem Codes

I would have given this 5 stars, except for one major issue I have with it. I originally watched a play through of this game, and loved it so much that I decided to buy it for myself when I’m feeling anxious and depressed. It is very relaxing and emotional and the artwork is beautiful.

**Vague spoilers ahead**
The one issue I have with it is if you give negative answers too much, it seems like the game gives up on you and you get a really depressing ending. As someone with depression, it was kind of shocking to me since I had just been honest with my answers, and it felt like the game was trying to tell me that I was beyond helping or saving.
**Vague spoilers end**

So I do not recommend this game if you have clinical depression. It might end up making you feel worse.

If you’re looking for a game, this is not it. I found it heated my phone as someone else commented, and the interaction is minimal, and I would guess that there are not multiple “endings” to be had as there are in “choices” games. But this is not a game. In my experience “playing” through, this wasn’t the point.

I found the whole experience to be profoundly allegorical. I found metaphor after metaphor in the discussion between the driver and his environment. I’m sure I missed some as the authors have shown admirable restraint from making every sentiment explicit. While I wouldn’t call the characters complex, the ideas and perspectives were often immediately relatable. The characters are clearly not the point, but rather the story they act in and the existence they discuss. The narrative also forced some perspectives that initially felt more alien (irrational fears of material creatures primarily) but was able to bring things back to this space of relevance without fail.

This is a well tailored piece of art that very successfully resonated with my philosophical side. I feel no need to immediately replay it, but I am very much looking forward to discovering how I relate to the journey a year or so from now when it crosses my mind to rediscover it. To the developers: thank you for a wonderful experience. I wish I could articulate my thoughts and feelings as well as you have in this piece of art.

First and foremost, this is a promising experience (You’d be hard-pressed to call this a game) - but a couple of fundamental issues exist that prevent me from enjoying the narrative. These are as follows:

1) On my iPhone SE, playing for any length of time makes my phone REALLY hot, for a game that demands time and patience to experience, this is a bit of a deal breaker. Turning on low graphics in the options menu helps this slightly.

2) In the scene with the frog and the turtle, I can tell (from the dialogue) that the turtle is supposed to take the frog on a taxi ride; however in my version the pair just sit statically, doing nothing, while the dialogue ticks on. Hmm.

At point “2” I turned the game off since I then couldn’t be sure if I was missing anything or not. A shame, because this entirely ruined the pace and experience of the journey.

I would definitely want to finish the game, but with some animations or sequences clearly not working - I can’t see the reason to bother.

In conclusion, this is a beautiful and novel (no pun intended) idea, but one that needs to work smoothly to be articulated properly - which was not the case for me. In such a carefully executed app, any break in the narrative utterly damages the experience. It’s a shame, because I am at a point in my life not unlike the woman in the game, on a precipice between life and death. I was hoping this game would provide some context, or comfort - but it was unable to.

First off, this really isn’t a “game.” It’s even less interactive than so-called “walking sims.” You have dialogue choices and that’s it.

But that’s really not what this experience is about. If you want gameplay you’re in the wrong place, and it irks me so many people have slammed this game for being “boring.” IT IS NOT A GAME. How did anyone spend money on this without realizing what they were getting into?! To those folks, it’s your own fault for not being more discerning.

This is a story. A slow and thoughtful one that requires patience. At times it is even quite funny. But it can also be emotionally crushing. If you are willing to immerse yourself in the experience and take the story at its own pace, you will discover something moving, wonderful, intense, sad, and thought-provoking. I’ve rarely in my life has such a strong emotional reaction to a piece of media as I did to this.

Absolutely 100% recommended for anyone interested in a bittersweet story about one’s own meaning and place in the world.

This game is a work of art. It fills you with tons of emotions.. And makes you wonder what life REALLY is! The story is priceless, the conversations are poetic, and when it all ends, you feel sad that it's over. I couldn't put down my iPad for an hour! I still feel dazzled over it all. I honestly don't know if I should be happy.. or sad! Anyways.. I should stop writing down a bunch of junk and just say, this game is great and I HIGHLY recommend you play it 👍

I usually love narrative games, but this was like listening to a long monologue about existence from someone who loves the sound of their own voice with no opportunity to contribute to the narrative. The protagonist dialog choices were all throw-away lines, so the point really does seem to be to read someone else's stream of consciousness writing. And after half an hour of playing it, I don't feel like anything developed or moved forward. It gets two stars for being really pretty, and for being a neat idea that was just poorly executed in my opinion.

This type of game might not be for everyone, but for people that appreciate the real thought beauty and time put in to this game its incredible. I will never forget the message i got from this game, if you dont mind a more slow paced experience that has you more of a spectator i would by all means recommend this game. I would love to see more stuff like this in the future

What an experience. This game (if you can even call it that), is an experience that forces you to think about life. It makes you connect your emotions to the characters it introduces to you, and when it’s over you’re left thinking. I wish it was longer, but Far From Noise will always hold a sentimental place in my heart.

Kind of hard to be a philosophical masterpiece when the game forces you into the perspective of a stereotypical white girl who pretty much repeats the same three phrases, “OH MY GOD”, “You could get me a latte”, and “I’m doomed, it’s over for me” just written differently. About halfway through I couldn’t force myself to play because the protagonists lines were too uninteresting and though there are many choices the deer will nod them off by saying perhaps and then saying whatever he was going on about anyway. Not worth three bucks, really missed the shot at being deep and meaningful

I love the art style of this game, and I was really submerged in the game, I played for about an hour and a half and didn’t even realize. I also like the fact that it gives you different emotions every second of it, one moment it’s happy, another you’re on the edge of your seat.. or.. cliff.. It was money well spent