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The Longing Review


The Longing is deliberately slow and tedious, but I can't stop playing

The Longing is, at its core, a game about killing time. There's no explicit goal other than ...

The Longing is the closest thing to a perfect game I've ever seen

The sound and visuals are absolutely fantastic, as you said. Even the small bit of fancy, regal music in the game feels painfully ironic when ...

The Longing Reviews - Metacritic

The Longing uses isolation, open space and freedom of choice to send players on a year-long exploration of loneliness, identity and meaning in real time. It won ...

The Longing Review (Switch eShop) - Nintendo Life

It's essentially a (very) long gag – screen after screen of rooms, full to the brim with quite bizarre text. It takes what feels like hours to make it through.

'The Longing' Is a Video Game of Transcendent Slowness - WIRED

Set in a virtual cave, this Tamagotchi-like waiting simulator is a riff on a German folktale that captures 2020's sad and surreal lockdown energy.

The Longing review | Adventure Gamers

The Longing uses isolation, open space and freedom of choice to send players on a year-long exploration of loneliness, identity and meaning in ...

The Longing (Switch) Review - Nintendo World Report

The Longing is really a game about comfort and perseverance. You play a character called The Shade, who looks like a combination of a black cat ...

The Longing: Review - Sprites and Dice

The thing you have to understand is that The Longing plays in real time. The time from when the Old King falls asleep to when you can wake him ...

The Longing mobile review | Pocket Gamer

The Longing is a quirky cross between an idle game and a point-and-click adventure, spliced with rich narrative tidbits in between and presented with a ...

The Longing Review - Gamecritics.com

This game is rated E10+ and contains Alcohol and Tobacco Reference, Mild Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, and Violent References.

The Longing Review | This is going to take forever! - YouTube

The Longing converts idle game mechanics into incredible exploration mechanics even if they're incredibly slow! It's always nice to see ...

The Longing video game review - The Washington Post

“The Longing” is a point-and-click game about waiting based on an old German legend about a ruler who goes to sleep in an underground cave.

THE LONGING on Steam

Buzz · "A very original and atmospheric gaming experience and a fascinating experiment." · "[...] we wish to accompany the Shade throughout his life, and he will ...

The Longing Reviews - OpenCritic

The Longing is rated 'Strong' after being reviewed by 23 critics, with an overall average score of 76. It's ranked in the top 33% of games and...

The Longing Review: Decorating to Distract From Being Deep ...

The Longing, developed by German animation and video game developers Studio Seufz, centers on a rock king's last-ditch effort to stay in ...

The Longing Review - Jump Dash Roll

The Longing is a unique game in the sense that it is part puzzler, part adventure game, and part Tamagotchi, all revolving around time as a concept.

Dale Yu: Review of The Longing (PC Game on Steam)

The Longing has been an intriguing balance of exploration, napping, lounging, reading, and simply waiting.

The Longing Is Sweet, Unsettling, and Slow - Switch Review

The Longing rewards your curiosity, invites you to sit with your feelings, and reminds us of the importance (sometimes) of being alone.

THE LONGING - REVIEW [Nintendo Switch] - YouTube

Play as a lonely Shade, the last servant of a king who once ruled an underground kingdom. The king's powers have faded and he falls asleep ...

The Longing Review - Russell Troxel

The Longing is not a game that should be played multiple times and putting significant barriers between me and a new playthrough.