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Wide Ocean Big Jacket

Wide Ocean Big Jacket

|Arcade, Simulator

8.6 /10

Aww Great!

Niche

291 ratings
Rating sources
Steam · Player score9.6/10287 ratingsIGDB · Critic score8.0/101 ratingsIGDB · Player score7.0/103 ratings
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Why play it

An aunt and uncle take their middle-school niece and her boyfriend on an overnight camping trip. Roast hot dogs on the fire, go birdwatching, tell ghost stories, grab a beverage from the cooler and do cartwheels on the beach. Wide Ocean Big Jacket is a short story game including 20 chapters, four playable characters, 10,000 words of dialog and 8 explorable areas, all rendered in a beautiful 2D/3D art style.

Story and worldbuilding

** INDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL 2020 - FINALIST - EXCELLENCE IN NARRATIVE ** Take part in a classic camping trip: Roast hot dogs on the fire, go birdwatching, tell ghost stories, grab a beverage from the cooler and do cartwheels on the beach. WOBJ is a short story game including 20 chapters, 4 playable characters, 10,000 words of dialog and 8 explorable areas, all rendered in a beautiful 2D/3D art style. Playtime: 60-90 minutes (like watching a good movie with friends or curling up to read a book)

Game highlights
Rating momentum

Aww Great!: 8.6/10 across 291 ratings. Word of mouth is strong — if you like the genre, go for it.

Play style

Leans into Arcade, Simulator, Indie — a quick read on whether that fantasy matches what you usually enjoy.

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Eurogamer7 Feb, 2020
8/10

A gently interactive experience that will put a smile on your face.

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DestructoidJordan Devore · 4 Feb, 2020
8/10

I ended Wide Ocean Big Jacket feeling good, and it resonates, but at the same time, it's not necessarily an experience that will stick with me.

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RPGamerSam Wachter · 14 Apr, 2020
10/10

Wide Ocean Big Jacket is for those who love curling up with a good book, or love seeing sweet summer romances blossom. It’s a funny, light-hearted experience that will take very little of your time and offer something that is sweet and reminiscent of summer.

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New Game NetworkJosh Hinke · 2 Mar, 2020
7.9/10

Wide Ocean Big Jacket is a game about what happens in between the life-changing moments. About how everyday interactions and conversations are interesting in their own way. It's a memorable experience built around relatable characters, fun dialogue, and clever gameplay moments.

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Slant MagazineSteven Scaife · 23 Feb, 2020
8/10

The game captures place and feeling through honing in on things that are singular, small, and warm.

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Cubed3Athanasios · 21 Feb, 2020
7/10

From a gameplay standpoint, Wide Ocean Big Jacket is an extremely simple game - with 'game' put between the biggest quote marks imaginable. As an experience, though, this is something else entirely. Turnfollow's tiny adventure is basically a funny, and occasionally very sweet, slice-of-life tale of four people enjoying themselves in the woods, while also dealing with some serious matters, but not in a very serious way. It's not a narrative-driven game. It is vacation in video game form - and only the good parts are included.

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