That didn't stop him from getting here, though. I've always had a thing for the mute protagonist - I do so love the stoic, silent type - and he goes a step further: not only never speaking, but never emoting, either, given he doesn't even have eyes. We're never properly introduced, but this nameless, expressionless, yet grimly determined man intrigues me. One man's trash is another's treasure and all that. Plus a shoebox, perhaps, and what may or may not be a cuddly toy. I think there's a poster or photograph in there? A man in a white hat. It feels important to me, somehow the key to unravelling this mystery. You've no idea the number of times I've zoomed in, peered a little closer, trying to decipher what it is he's burning. Availability: Out tomorrow on Switch, PS4, PS5, and PC.Does it get easier, do you think? After the second time - the tenth time, the fiftieth time, the hundredth time - does it stop hurting? Do you stop feeling it? Or does every box stuffed into the flames make your heart ache just that little bit more? Bonfire Peaks review It's harder still to imagine how it must feel to keep doing it, over and over and over again. It's hard to imagine what has happened for a man to think there are no options left other than to take a box of his stuff - a box of cherished memories, I think, although we're never formally told - and shove it into a bonfire. Gentle storytelling and challenging puzzles on an island of intrigue.
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