Review: Figment (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Trent P.

My favourite thing is a good opening prologue that kicks off on a positive note only to end up establishing the conflict and context to the action right away. That juxtaposition between the world before the start of the game or movie and the resulting conflict or challenge that begins the main narrative. Done well, it's sublime. Basically, I like when there is a good narrative setup that immediately makes you think “this isn’t what I expected” or that shocks in other ways. Figment frames the narrative by greeting players with a quick audio scene of a father driving, focused too much on the child in the car instead of the road, which ends in a crash. It's abrupt but frames the world of Figment around the world of the father’s mind, the regrets he harbours, and the depression that comes from what he did.

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