The Forest Cathedral
March 14, 2023
The Forest Cathedral is a first-person environmental thriller set on a remote island. Playing as scientist Rachel Carson, players will figure out why the island won’t let her leave. The game tells the reimagined story of the attempted silence of Rachel Carson leading up to her discoveries on the harmful …
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"The Forest Cathedral is an interesting experience but does not fully work as a video game. The narrative it is telling is based on a real-world person but introduces many elements that are anachronistic to the period and to her …"
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30.0
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45.0
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"This brief, raw and unsettling reimagining of a celebrated environmentalist&s;s campaign against pesticides presents a sickly vision of nature contaminated by humans"
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38.0
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42.0
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35.0
"Despite its original experimental premise, The Forest Cathedral suffers from an unpolished execution."
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60.0
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68.0
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82.0
"It ironically has a few bugs, but The Forest Cathedral’s dramatized portrayal of Rachel Carson’s research into pesticides is still one worth your time. Short and succinct, the game blends narrative focused exploration with 2D platforming into a seamless experience. …"
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