A video game where you mostly just walk around leads the BAFTAs with 10 nominations – Quartz

Some of the biggest video game blockbusters of 2015 were Fallout 4, Metal Gear Solid 5, and The Witcher 3—all of which were priced at about $60 upon release. These are the kinds of games that require strategic thinking, feature intricate gameplay mechanics, and can last for more than 40 hours.

But the game with the most nominations in the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), announced today (March 10), is a $20 game that lasts about five hours and includes no physical puzzles or epic battles. It’s called Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, currently only available for the Sony Playstation 4. It’s nominated for many of the top awards at BAFTA, including Best Game and Artistic Achievement.

In Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, you mostly just walk around. You can press a button to open doors and turn radios on and off, but otherwise it’s pretty much just the walking. Well, that’s not entirely true—you can launch into a light jog if you hold a certain button down long enough. But there’s no jumping and there are no weapons….

Source: A video game where you mostly just walk around leads the BAFTAs with 10 nominations – Quartz

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