History VideoGame / EverybodysGoneToTheRapture

* CryForTheDevil: A lot of the characters are deeply flawed and/or morally compromised in various ways. This doesn't make their eventual fates [[spoiler: (death by nerve gas or infection by the Pattern)]] any less heart-wrenching to watch.

* AssholeVictim: A lot of the characters are deeply flawed and/or morally compromised in various ways. This doesn't make their eventual fates [[spoiler: (death by nerve gas or infection by the Pattern)]] any less heart-wrenching to watch.

[[caption-width-right:350:Everybody's gone! [[SpoilerTitle Guess where]]?]]

* SceneryPorn: Oh yes! From quaint little towns to lush green forests to enchanting lakesides, EverybodysGoneToTheRapture is quite possibly the most beautiful post-apocalyptic game ever released. The best part is the map is extremely large and open ended with plenty of houses and buildings to explore, all with an impressive attention to detail.

[[caption-width-right:350:Everybody's gone! Guess where?]]

Warning: the title of the game [[SpoilerTitle contains major spoilers]]. Don't rea... oh.

* AfterTheEnd: Everyone in the village [[spoiler: and possibly the world]] has disappeared. The bulk of the game centers around figuring out why.

''Everybody's Gone to the Rapture'' is a 2015 EnvironmentalNarrativeGame developed by Creator/TheChineseRoom (developers of ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' and ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'') and released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It focuses on an unknown survivor of an apocalyptic event in a village in Shropshire, [[SoleSurvivor who appears to be the only person left in the town.]] Using audio logs, tape recorders, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers images granted by floating balls of light]], the character, and by extension, the player, try to piece together just what happened to the town.

* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Jeremy euthanizes Frank's wife Mary with an overdose of morphine; Frank, who's still guilt-stricken over his failure to be there for Mary, is grateful that Jeremy was there to help - in sharp contrast to Wendy, who has nothing but contempt for Jeremy.]]

* CoolOldGuy: Frank Appleton; a cheerfully irreverent old farmer and part-time handyman, he's one of the friendlier characters in the game. Quite apart from serving as a ParentalSubstitute to [{ReformedCriminal Rhys]], he's also one of the few residents of the village who's willing to accept Kate without reservation. [[spoiler: Towards the end of his chapter, [[StepfordSmiler it's revealed that he's secretly consumed with grief over the loss of his wife]] and [[MyGreatestFailure his failure to be there for her when she died]].]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Rather than seeking cover from the air strike, Frank instead sits down wait by the windmill for the gas to reach him, having decided to face the end as he feels he should have with Mary; however, the Pattern gets him before then.]]

* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Jeremy euthanizes Frank's wife Mary with an overdose of morphine.]]

* SceneryPorn: Oh yes! From quaint little towns to lush green forests to enchanting lakesides EverybodysGoneToTheRapture is quite possibly the most beautiful post-apocalyptic game ever released. The best part is the map is extremely large and open ended with plenty of houses and buildings to explore, all with an impressive attention to detail.

* ShoutOut: The radio telescope is named after a Creator/PhilipKDick [[Literature/{{VALIS}} novel.]]

* SceneryPorn: Oh yes! From quaint little towns to lush green forests to beautiful lakesides EverybodysGoneToTheRapture is quite possibly the most beautiful post-apocalyptic game ever released. The best part is the map is extremely large and open ended with plenty of houses and buildings to explore, all with an impressive attention to detail.

* SceneryPorn: Oh yes! From quaint little towns to lush green forests to beautiful lakesides EveryonesGoneToTheRapture is quite possibly the most beautiful post-apocalyptic game ever released. The best part is the map is extremely large and open ended with plenty of houses and buildings to explore, all with an impressive attention to detail.

* OutsideContextVillain: [[spoiler: 'The Pattern.' Although its intentions (if it indeed has any) are mostly a complete mystery, Kate and Stephen point out it defies both known physics and human understanding from the outset.]] it all ends as well as you might expect.

''Everybody's Gone to the Rapture'' is a 2015 EnvironmentalNarrativeGame developed by The Chinese Room (developers of ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' and ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'') and released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It focuses on an unknown survivor of an apocalyptic event in a village in Shropshire, [[SoleSurvivor who appears to be the only person left in the town.]] Using audio logs, tape recorders, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers images granted by floating balls of light]], the character, and by extension, the player, try to piece together just what happened to the town.

* GuideDangIt: There's a sprint button. The game never mentions it, even in the control screen, it's mapped to R2 of all buttons, and it takes 10 seconds to work. Nobody noticed this before The Chinese Room released a statement.

''Everybody's Gone to the Rapture'' is a 2015 EnvironmentalNarrativeGame developed by The Chinese Room (developers of ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' and ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'') and released for the PlayStation4. It focuses on an unknown survivor of an apocalyptic event in a village in Shropshire, [[SoleSurvivor who appears to be the only person left in the town.]] Using audio logs, tape recorders, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers images granted by floating balls of light]], the character, and by extension, the player, try to piece together just what happened to the town.

* NomDeMom: A subtle one. Stephen and his uncle Frank are both Appletons, but Frank is his maternal uncle, and his mother is Wendy Boyles. But there's a rock at the Appleton farm where couples carved their names in youth - including Stephen and Lizzie, Frank and Mary, and W.A. and E.B. - most probably Wendy Appleton and an E. Boyles. Which means Stephen has purposefully taken his mother's maiden name, despite the fact that even she doesn't use it. A tumultuous relationship with a now dead father might explain some of Stephen's issues and why he's only now consented to return

* NomDeMom: A subtle one. Stephen and his uncle Frank are both Appletons, but Frank is his maternal uncle, and his mother is Wendy Broyles. But there's a rock at the Appleton farm where couples carved their names in youth - including Stephen and Lizzie, Frank and Mary, and W.A. and E.B. - most probably Wendy Appleton and an E. Broyles. Which means Stephen has purposefully taken his mother's maiden name, despite the fact that even she doesn't use it. A tumultuous relationship with a now dead father might explain some of Stephen's issues and why he's only now consented to return

* ShoutOut: The radio telescope is named after a PhilipKDick [[Literature/{{VALIS}} novel]].