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Maquette tells this familiar, universal story well, through dialogue recorded by Bryce Dallas Howard and her real-life husband Seth Gabel. Every step along the way - the bittersweet familiarity of the meet-cute, the giddy honeymoon period, the eventual wear and tear as real life sets in, and the inevitable exchange of possessions on neutral ground - rang incredibly true, a mundane story that is endlessly repeated, but feels exquisitely fresh and raw when it happens to you. Though the game is visually gorgeous and has a soundtrack that is a feast for the ears, it was this narrative relationship arc that pushed me forward to complete the game. Frankly, no matter how secure you are in a relationship, you can never truly know whether you are just maquette-ing again. And sometimes even the big show is just a test run for the next big show. Except for those lucky few that marry their childhood sweethearts (and remain married until they die), almost all relationships can be considered maquettes, dress rehearsals for the big show. But I was far more interested in the metaphorical maquette the game depicts, the rough draft relationship that the two protagonists enjoy -and then endure - as the game goes on. Of course, there is a literal maquette in the game – a model within a model within a model, which allow the player to manipulate objects in micro and impact the macro. A maquette is used to visualize and test forms and ideas without incurring the expense and effort of producing a full-scale piece.” According to Wikipedia (the reliable source of all truth on the internet), “a maquette is a scale model or rough draft of an unfinished sculpture. Needless to say, I was not happy with Maquette for that.To understand the game mechanics of Maquette, it is important to understand what a maquette is. So even when it was the game itself that had broke I still had to replay the whole chapter from scratch. And sure, that time it was my own fault, but then there were times when I got stuck in an elevator or had fallen through the world.

I had to completely play the entire chapter all over again because I had messed things up.

So I clicked on the restart option on the pause screen and that brought me back to the very beginning of the chapter. All I could do was restart from the last auto-save, which didn't help me as it put me back in the same spot where I had broken the game. I don't even think there are checkpoints at all. Naturally, I thought, 'well, I goofed up, time to restart from the last checkpoint.' Except there was no option for that. It didn't, and even worse, there wasn't a way to retrieve that item. There was one time I tossed an item over a wall thinking that could help with a puzzle. Speaking of breaking the game, it is very possible to completely ruin your own progress. Maybe I'm too cynical, but it made me downright hate these two for most of the game.

#Maquette music full

Their initial interactions are way too lovey-dovey and full of dialogue that could have been ripped out of a young adult novel. Meanwhile, little bits of writing appear on the walls of the game's world that try to make this story seem grander than it is. They meet, they spend every moment together, they draw in a sketchbook, they get a house, then they get sick of each other, and it goes from there. It's just two people who fall for one another and then have to deal with their relationship not becoming some epic tale of everlasting love. But it never really feels like a story that's worth telling. It's a basic romantic tale, and that would be fine if the narrative itself had some engaging moments between the two. We follow them throughout their time together and see the highs and lows of their relationship. The story revolves around Michael and Kenzie, a couple who meet in a coffee shop, gush about their interests in art, and instantly hit it off.