Announced two years ago, What Remains of Edith Finch is the mysterious yet highly anticipated sophomore production from the company behind The Unfinished Swan (which is a decidedly finished game despite its title indicating otherwise). Jokes aside, What Remains of Edith Finch fell from the radar not long after it was announced, only surfacing periodically to say it was still in development, so when Giant Sparrow reached out to me saying it would be at PSX this year, I jumped at the chance to see how far it had come.
It should be noted that What Remains of Edith Finch is now being published by Annapurna Interactive, a new games division of Annapurna Pictures which has produced films like Her, Zero Dark Thirty, and Joy. Looking at Annapurna?s diverse emotional and artistic film lineup, it?s exciting to think about what this portends for Edith Finch and other games under the Annapurna Interactive umbrella.  During my PSX appointment I had the option to choose from two different demos. The first one, about 20 minutes long, started from the beginning of the game and went through a couple of early stories. The second, only about five to ten minutes, was pulled from a little further in. I opted to go with the shorter demo to have more time to talk with the developer (interview coming soon), as well as rationalizing that, in spite of being shorter, something from the middle of the game would be a better representation of the title overall than the opening portion.
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