Trailer: 'What Remains of Edith Finch' explores family mansion
The follow-up game from award-winning studio Giant Sparrow invites viewers into a world of criss-crossing fantasy narratives.
Its previous and debut effort, "The Unfinished Swan," was a pared-down, mostly black and white affair from Giant Sparrow which had players use a motion controller to fling paint around a bleached-out fairytale world.
This time around, "What Remains of Edith Finch" embraces color, layered textures and a different sort of narrative sophistication, with the Finch family home hosting a selection of astonishing stories.
The game was first announced in December 2014 but now looks like a centerpiece for Sony's PlayStation presentation at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June.
"We'll be demoing the beginning of the game and our first story," creative director Ian Dallas wrote on the PlayStation Blog.
The studio, incubated inside Sony Santa Monica, chose to focus on the Finch house as it remains a constant throughout the inter-generational exploration game: "the family has been living here for the last 100 years and each generation adds on to it," Dallas explained. "Our goal has been to make the house feel fantastical but at the same time like it was all made out of stuff you could buy at Home Depot."
A 2016 release is expected, with the PlayStation 4 announced as target platform.
"What Remains of Edith Finch - House Introduction Trailer": youtu.be/Dc_2NOLQNIg
