Afterlove EP
Play it on: PC, Switch PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Current goal: Get out of bed again
I’ve been chipping away at Afterlove EP, a rhythmic romance game by Pikselnesia. I’m not quite done with it yet, but it already has the potential to be the indie game I make my personality for the year. It follows a young man named Rama who has spent the past year grieving the loss of his partner and trying to figure out what to do with himself in the aftermath. He’s a songwriter, so you spend a lot of time in Afterlove EP playing his indie tunes while beefing with his bandmates, and all the while the disembodied voice of his long-lost lover is echoing in his head. Yeah, he still hears her even though she’s gone. Afterlove EP is about moving on, but it gives you some agency to decide what that looks like for Rama. I’ve already made a big decision on that front by expressing interest in the local record store shopkeep, and I’m curious to see where it leads as I keep playing. — Kenneth Shepard
