Best Month Ever!

"The Best Month Ever! is a fairly average game with ordinary characters and a story that tries to tug at your heartstrings, though it doesn’t quite succeed. However, it does a good job of portraying the relationship between parents and …"

"A flawed, yet beautiful, tale of a mother and her son."

"Eventually, Best Month Ever becomes a largely run-of-the-mill road trip; you know, the sort of trip you don’t mind embarking on, but would be perfectly okay if it has to end prematurely. In other words, it’s not exactly the most …"

"Best Month Ever! is truly unique in its premise and setting. Stepping into the shoes of a terminally ill single mother was gut-wrenching, and navigating 1969 through the eyes of her biracial son gave me anxiety. Although I do wish …"

"Best Month Ever! has its positive moments too, as the core of the story is that of a single mother doing her best to cherish her final days with her son, while making sure he will be loved and looked …"

"Best Month Ever! is a short, enjoyable narrative that perhaps suffers from high ambitions that don&s;t quite pay off. Glitches in the game can really take you out of what would otherwise be a fluid experience."

"Choosing the gaming medium in order to tell complex, and in the case of Best Month Ever, some pretty gnarly stories is definitely a double-edged sword..."

"Our thoughts on Best Month Ever are mostly positive. The gameplay is more like a TellTales esque game mixed with point and click mechanics. It doesn’t have a ton of gameplay in it aside from minigames and walking from point …"

"Best Month Ever is a touching adventure game about a mother trying to set her son up with a good life as she faces a terminal illness. The game tackles serious subjects such as racism, sexism, and violence, and the …"

"Best Month Ever! fails to be a great example of a heavy story that is handled well both in terms of the development of the story and the characters, the mechanics are clunky and frustrating, and the sound design is …"