Switch Exchange #4: Everything
Chary Says...
What do you get for a person that has everything on the Switch? Well, you get them Everything, for the Switch. Bordering on downright bizarre and curiously intriguing is this weird little game. Though my interest was piqued by it, I've never gotten around to actually trying it, instead only watching snippets of gameplay and wondering to myself, what exactly was I seeing? For this week, I've given Scarlet the task of playing Everything.
What do you get for a person that has everything on the Switch? Well, you get them Everything, for the Switch. Bordering on downright bizarre and curiously intriguing is this weird little game. Though my interest was piqued by it, I've never gotten around to actually trying it, instead only watching snippets of gameplay and wondering to myself, what exactly was I seeing? For this week, I've given Scarlet the task of playing Everything.
It's official: I've played Everything on the Switch. Now that poorly-executed joke is out of the way, let's get into what goes into a game about being anything and everything. After entering your name, you begin life as a thing in blackness. You wander around for a while until for reasons beyond my understanding, you become a bison. Slowly but surely, the world begins to open up, giving you more options to gather a herd of your currently controlled being, create more things, or just commandeer another thing. That's pretty much it gameplay-wise. I'm glad this isn't any kind of formal review because quite honestly, I'd be stumped just trying to explain which part of this mass of things appeals to me, because something in there really struck a chord.
What I've said so far is to look at the game on the surface level, and if you're looking for a wonderful and fulfilling gameplay experience, I don't think anything beyond this point will do much to sell you on such a bizarre idea. The charm of Everything is in doing nothing. Yeah you have your exploration, and you can move between things, get your crew, and venture through time and space, but it's hard to deny it gets samey after a while. The game has settings for it to play itself as if aware of this fact, letting you get on with other things and appreciate what's happening in passing. When you glance back at your screen, you'll see a world of colour filled with creatures and objects moving in weird and wonderful ways; you'll see the thoughts you're yet to think about things you never thought to think about. It's a wild mishmash of madness that forces you to reevaluate your place in the world.
Do you think Everything is a game for you, or just another glorified walking simulator? Have you played it and have thoughts of your own? Let us know what you think!
US eShop Link / UK eShop LinkYou can also find Everything on PC and PS4.
