Fragments of Him

Fragments of Him
Developer(s)Sassybot
Publisher(s)Sassybot
Engine
Platform(s)
Release
  • Windows
  • May 3, 2016
  • Xbox One
  • June 1, 2016
  • PlayStation 4
  • September 26, 2017
Genre(s)Casual
Mode(s)Single-player

Fragments of Him is a video game developed and published by Sassybot and released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One on 3 May 2016 and 1 June 2016, respectively. The PlayStation 4 version was released on 26 September 2017.

The gameplay in Fragments of Him is based on the life and death of Will, a man who dies early in the game. The player controls four characters throughout the game; Will, his ex-girlfriend, his boyfriend at the time when he died, and his grandmother. As the game progresses, it becomes apparent that the story is not only based on Will's life, but also on those of the other characters, and how they cope with his death. The game relies heavily on its narrative which, although the player controls the game in the first-person, is described by the developer as being viewed in a second-person perspective,[1] i.e. where the player is not directly controlling a character but instead indicates what the characters should interact with next.

Both versions of the game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregator site Metacritic. The main problems reviewers had with the game was its repetitiveness and the tediousness of some parts. Reviewers highly praised its narrative, and some reviewers thought that it would work better as a short film, or an audio drama, rather than as a game.

  1. ^ "Narrative Experience First: Interaction Design in 'Fragments of Him'". Retrieved 29 March 2017.