About a year and a half ago as of this writing, I had to move out of the house I lived in for over 20 years and pack up all my things and I didn’t really enjoy it.  So why would I want to play a game about packing up and moving?  Well I guess we’ll find out with Moving Houses.  It’s available on all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.

You view the game in a first person perspective and aim a cursor and point it at things to pick them up.  You can then place them down or throw them or kick them with other buttons.  You can also jump and crouch.  Your task is to pick up a box, press the triangle to open it, and then place things in that box that are on the list until you fill it up and you can then repeat the process with another box.  You can then take that box or items separately and put them in a moving truck outside.  When you finish a list, you can go onto the next task.

The reason why I stopped playing this one is because I was supposed to pack up all the books in the living room, but it wouldn’t let me count the ones in the other parts of the house, so they all got mixed up and I could never find the one book that would let me progress.  And since the game wasn’t that much fun anyway, I stopped playing.  Supposedly later on in the game, as you are packing up you discover some secrets in the house and horror elements seep in, which sounds interesting.  Too bad the rest of the game wouldn’t let me get that far.  Just not a fun concept for a game.

Kid Factor:

Moving Houses is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood, and Alcohol Reference.  Since I didn’t get far enough to see any of that, I can’t say what it is in person.  But I bet kids would think this game was boring and quit before they get to that anyway.

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