One Step After Fall from QUByte Interactive and The Bergson’s Games Studio is a single-player first-person walking sim focused on the story of a writer in despair. Learn more in our One Step After Fall review!
One Step After Fall from QUByte Interactive and The Bergson’s Games Studio is a single-player first-person walking sim focused on the story of a writer in despair. You’ll be stepping into the shoes of Steve Robinson. While he’s a successful writer, a series of events led him to lose important people in his life, making him doubt his work and his place in this world. It deals with topics such as depression and the overall impact that some scenarios can have on someone’s mental health, which means it’s not going to be for everyone. The game offers a bite-sized narrative journey that you should be able to complete in an hour or so. Since it’s a short one, I won’t be spoiling its story here, so you can take this one for a spin on your own.
Since, as mentioned before, the game is played from a first-person perspective, you’ll be taking control of Steve by using the left analog stick as you look around you as needed by using the right analog stick. You can run by pressing the L1 button. Jump by pressing the X button and crouch by pressing the Circle button. You can interact by pressing the R2 button. Examine things for a closer look by pressing the Square button. Items you collect will be added to your inventory, which you can open up by pressing up on the D-Pad. To use an item such as, say, a key to open a door, you’ll have to press the L2 button and then press the R2 button to use the corresponding item.
The game features a full trophy list with a Platinum trophy for you to add to your collection. Since it’s not a long game, that means it won’t be a long trophy run. The list is nothing but Gold trophies, so you’ll have to unlock all 11 Gold trophies to add that shiny Platinum trophy to your collection. You’ll need to find the first letter, locate Cameron’s photograph, find the self-help book, meet the Scarecrow, die once, and collect the book The Sea of Thieves. There are also some story-related trophies that I won’t be spoiling here. If you need some extra help for your trophy run, then you can check out this One Step After Fall Trophy Guide.
One Step After Fall is a single-player first-person walking sim focused on the story of a writer in despair. You’ll be stepping into the shoes of Steve Robinson. While he’s a successful writer, a series of events led him to lose important people in his life, making him doubt his work and his place in this world. It deals with topics such as depression and the overall impact that some scenarios can have on someone’s mental health, which means it’s not going to be for everyone. The game offers a bite-sized narrative journey that you should be able to complete in an hour or so. Since it’s a short one, I won’t be spoiling its story here so that you can take this one for a spin on your own. Do know that this one is a very linear experience and that if you don’t end up collecting the letters in order, you won’t be able to find the next letter in the chain of events, which does feel a bit odd. One Step After Fall is out on PlayStation 5.
Disclaimer
This One Step After Fall review is based on a PlayStation 5 copy provided by QUByte Interactive.
