Developer: David Wehle
Publisher: David Wehle
Release: Out now
On: Windows, Mac, Linux
From: Steam, GOG, Itch
Price: 8, $10, 10
There is a fine line a lot of introspective indie games are walking, between a careful exploration of memories and events, and solipsism. For me, The First Tree leaps over that line with a clumsily implemented, wildly incongruous double-jump. Sanctimonious from the opening moments, this is a mediocre third-person exploration game made nauseating by the most self-obsessed narration I’ve ever encountered. It makes Dear Esther look like Tolstoy.