Emotional games are few and far between when it comes to what I play on my mobile phone. Miniatures, however, felt like something that piqued my curiosity, ever since I saw a demo at WASD in the Curios section. It felt like a curiosity - a box of trinkets where each one relays a different memory in someone's life, something different to solve.
Miniatures isn't a story-based experience, but each of the chapters does have its own story. You see, it's broken down into four short stories, each told with a trinket that you can pick from a box. It's a bite-sized experience that has you thinking about your past and relating to these different moments. Each one has a slightly different graphic style and take on gameplay, but they all feel connected in the fact that they are deep memories of someone - relatable, even if through stories of your friends. ... [MORE]
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