Talk:What Remains of Edith Finch

Source

 * https://archive.org/details/edge2017005/page/n85

Good Article (GA) nomination.
I'm considering recommending this article to Wikipedia's Good Article system. Would anyone be willing to help if there are things that need to be done to prove it? Sjetha (talk) 23:09, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I think the main obstacles to me for Good Article status is a lack of depth. Right now there's very little information on the gameplay, and the reception is mostly just a string of one-line sentences rather than a cohesive section. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 15:04, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep in mind, this is a "walking simulator" with numerous vignettes that all have slightly different control schemes. Any deeper gameplay would likely be inappropriate since you'd be resolving this at the vignette-level. --M asem (t) 15:11, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but the reviews go into the gameplay at that level, and at the very least the article should illustrate the breadth of that gameplay; as it is, currently the only details are in an over-long and unreferenced image caption. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs  talk 17:04, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Hmm, that is true. Probably would want to focus on those that are highlighted in the sources, which I would need to review what got pulled out as memorable scenes or those with the most unique facets that are beyond just walking around. --M asem (t) 19:16, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Player Character
The article states that at the end, the player character is revealed to be Edith's son, which is misleading as the main portion of the game is clearly played as Edith, as can be seen when looking down at her pregnant belly as well looking at her tanned and feminine hands and clothing. We see the game through the eyes of Edith's son only at the very beginning on the boat and at the very end where he visits her grave. 2A00:6020:4924:F800:A0AC:770E:480F:2E58 (talk) 23:27, 28 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Addendum, the article is consistent in naming the player character as the boy on the boat in the beginning as well as the same person in the end, but the wording is still misleading Since the game is played through many different perspectives, there is no single "player character". Yet if one was to be named, it would probably be Edith as she is the one central and consistent element that ties the whole plot together. She is also the one with whom the player spends most of their time. 2A00:6020:4924:F800:A0AC:770E:480F:2E58 (talk) 23:32, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
 * After the first sentence in the plot, it states " The player then takes the perspective of Edith as she reexplores ..." implying the switch of viewpoint to Edith. And its further explained how the vignettes are told from other perspectives. M asem (t) 01:05, 29 April 2024 (UTC)