To the Moon is an RPG/adventure game about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories, in order to fulfill his last wish of going to the moon. *** Dr. Rosalene and Dr. Watts have rather peculiar jobs: They give people another chance to live, all in their head. But due to the severity of the operation, the new life becomes the last thing the patients remember before drawing their last breath. This story follows their attempt to fulfill the dream of an elderly man, Johnny. With each step back in time, a new fragment of Johnny's past is revealed. As the two doctors piece together the puzzled events that spanned a life time, they seek to find out just why the frail old man chose his dying wish to be what it is. And Johnny's last wish is, of course... to go to the moon. [The game is an unconventional RPG/adventure game hybrid with no battles/grinding. Game-play consists of acquiring mementos to travel through memories via various means.]
Absolutely phenomenal game; the story was well written, the nerdy humor was a high point for me, the soundtrack never seemed out of place, and the game was highly visually appealing to me. It was also nice to play an rpg without a heavy emphasis on combat for a change; I would love to see a similar style of play in more story driven games in the future.
The only reason I didn't give this a perfect score was that at times, the controls felt awkward and clumsy; having the option to switch between mouse and keyboard walking would have been nice.
All in all, a wonderful game that I feel anyone who believes that video games are an art form should play at least once. Excellent work, development team!