Unpacking (FULL GAME)

I like the detail that you can’t move your roommate’s stuff around but you CAN move your partner’s stuff. That’s cute

Jack's immediate reaction to the boyfriend's apartment is just proof that this game is a masterclass in environmental storytelling.

Unpacking in the boyfriend’s place is so well designed to be more and more frustrating as you go. The fact that the diploma is one of the last things you’ll probably unpack (when you’re already feeling uneasy) and then you HAVE to put it UNDER THE BED…makes you just feel like NOPE IM OUT. well done designers!

I've not seen anyone mention it, but it's really touching to see that the MC is disabled in some way - they carry medicine with them from the very beginning, then heating pads for back pains, and the moment they move in to their own place they get a cane that follows them to the new house... not to mention the medicine cabinet that rapidly grows throughout the levels. It makes me feel seen

The way the girlfriend's style matches the main girl's so well that Sean can't tell that it's a new person, it's so cute

The underlying story of the main character getting hurt always gets to me. She has rock climbing gear one time and then the next has back pain medicine and a cane.

A little detail I absolutely love is the picture of the mc and her ex-boyfriend in the tidy apartment can be put on the fridge no problem. But then in the childhood room if you hang it up on the cork board above the bed before moving it to the cabinet, one of the pins goes straight through his face. That little detail really tells you how angry and hurt she was - I’m gonna guess he cheated on her or something along those lines

him calling the chalkbag a vacuum RIGHT AFTER correctly identifying the climbing shoes is endlessly amusing to me

The way everyone understands the first boyfriend is an asshole just by looking at his house brings a smile to my face

I love how he cares so much about where the characters diploma goes while also not having his diploma up, hang it up Sean, show off your accomplishments!

"It feels like someone is gonna move in with us" as Jack is literally unpacking the person who moved in...love it

"It feels like you're a design student" Need a series where Jack judges us based on our room designs

sean not realizing he could put things on the window sills hurt me more then it should have.

"A walking stick? Are we 70 now?" Me, a 26 year old cane user: sure feels like it sometimes

I love how Jack doesn't realise they have a nursery but the moment he does he instantly adores it

I was laughing so hard at Jack not quiteeee processing that the fifth level was moving in the main character's new girlfriend, even though you move in a new wardrobe of dresses, skirts, bras, and panties, as well as a box of tampons- but then upon encountering her shampoo and conditioner he says "oh, seems like men's hair products!" Unpacking is such a creative game- moving house is always a personal time in your life. You have to pack everything important to you into boxes, and one by one spend time with each little portion of your life- it just makes so much sense for the basis of a storytelling video game, and it's flawlessly executed here. I love piecing together the little things about this person- how she's from New Zealand, she's an artist, has a childhood interest in fantasy that turns into a passion for D&D, loves her stuffed animals, likes collecting things, that she's Jewish- and, specifically, appears to connect more with her faith later in the game, when she starts displaying her Menorah and a Hamsa!- even the random nod to her having done a form of martial arts at some point as a kid- it feels so HOMEY! You really get to know this woman, in so many stages of her life :] I loved how her girlfriend's hobby for gardening was expressed!! For the first four levels, our girl never has any kind of plants, but once the girlfriend moves in, they're in every room- a gorgeous visual nod to how having a partner, and especially living with them, changes every single aspect of your life, in small, almost unnoticeable ways :] Especially in contrast to her ex, who didn't really seem to have a place for any of our girl's stuff- nodding to an emotional unavailability, that isn't present in our girl when she's the one moving her partner in. There's such a stark contrast between the feel of the two relationships- its crazy the sense of warmth we get from the second one, versus the coldness, and slightly suppressed feel we get from the first, without ever meeting either partner. Much more personal, but I LOVED seeing her subtle progression as an artist!! She went from having from a simple kid's arts and crafts collection, to the classic multi shade colour pencil tin you get when your parents realise you actually will use five different shades of green, to having multiple packs of copic markers, which any intermediate artist knows is equivalent to pulling on your big boy pants, a screenless tablet to hook up to a desk top (you ALWAYS get one before you get a proper drawing tablet, because buying a proper one is SUCH a huge commitment, and what if you suck at digital art??? and you just give it up and now you've bought a 700 dollar piece of technology that you'll NEVER use- the horror! The screenless version, or an non-specialised tablet is that safe bridge to cross first- so much less expensive), and a stand for the tablet/sketchbooks (proper posture, woohoo!!), and then eventually, she has a proper tablet with a set up- so. Real!!! Like the game creator totally lived it :] I liked the hint to her being a children's illustrator- there's something really sweet about her going back to what made her love to draw in the first place. I loved seeing her slowly collect more and more sketchbooks- again, so real to the artist lifestyle, you just can't bring yourself to throw the old ones away 😞 Also I CACKLED when Jack unpacked the CLASSIC posable wooden figure drawing tool- my mom got me one when she realised I was more serious about studying art, and I like to imagine it was similar for our girl :] Overall, my favourite detail was the wear and tear on the stuffed animals becoming more pronounced until she gets her own apartment and patches the pig up, and then gets it properly cleaned/repaired to pass on to her baby :>> so, so cute. Such a perfect throughline and full circle moment for the story <3 To create an entirely fulfilling story, spanning 21 years, in only a few hours of gameplay is ingenius- I am so in awe of the team behind the game. Truly a wonderful experience :]

I love how both Gab and Sean immediately picked up how the first SO did not match with the character's personality

"We have 3 bras but a million underwears" jack is truly getting the full female experience

Sean questioning the second umbrella and a second toothbrush and still not understanding that it was a girlfriend moving in was killing me 😂

Hilarious seeing Sean lean so far in to look at things when HE was the one that zoomed out in the first place 😭