The Graveyard is a game created by Belgian developers Tale of Tales. With that name, you might think it is an action-adventure game where you have to blow zombies back to the dead. However, its totally the opposite of that; in fact it may not be even labeled as a game. The developers describe the game as "more like an explorable painting than an actual game.". Once you play it you can see why. You take control of an old lady visiting a graveyard. You have to guide her to a bench where she sits. Once she is sitting a old-style song in French starts playing, while the old woman's face is shown as a close up. The song is a melancholic song about old age and death. After the song is over, you stand up and walk to the exit. Thats all there is to The Graveyard, unless you spend the 5 dollars for the full version, in which there is one more element, death. This is not a game for entertainment, this is more of an artistic expression. It could well be a video however the interaction of you with the old lady makes a strong point. This might be the future of artistic expression.
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