What Remains of Edith Finch Explained

(free until Jan 24 2019)

What did the creators of Edith Finch want to say when they made this game?

[MRshank]

All I wanted to know was what did the Grandma find on the house in the sea!

[catsadilla]

It's so easy to climb down Walter's escape ladder and miss the titles of all the books in his shelf and how they are al related to the supernatural and how he spent the last 30 years in deep superstition. Such character building.

[wolfie]

The lore is my favorite part of this game. You never really know what truly happened and a lot of the reasoning and explanations are based on your imagination and your own intake on the game.

[Alexza]

Barbara's death is not really clear though. I mean I can sort of assume a home invasion but like it doesnt make any sense.

[WilliamBrinkley]

My 15yr old son hates walking sims, even VR ones..but after getting this free on PS plus this month and playing it myself, I convinced him to give it a shot. He was hooked in the first 5 minutes, played it all the way through in a single sitting and even cried when the baby drowned. I asked him after he finished if we should delete it off the Hard drive since we both completed actually got mad that I would consider it. Had I known what this game was like in 2017, I would have gladly paid for it.

[TheBluePhantom]

While playing this game, I really got attached to edith. I know I shouldn't have as the game itself was essentially telling me that I shouldn't get attached but after hearing each story in my mind I thought the developers would have edith survive, but as I drew closer to the end, in the back of my mind I had a sense of dread. Sadness and some anger. Many games don't do this to me, those rare few being telltales walking dead ep5 and the final season of the walking dead game. I hadn't been emotionally attached to a character for a long time after clem's story ended. But after hearing all the loss edith had in her life and even though in the back of my mind I knew she'd die I thought she we would meet her child. But unfortunately she didn't, and that hurt me just the shock and realisation what remains of edith finch is her child and journal. Emotionally drained me and the fact I'm a similar age to her now playing it for myself (rather than watching a video) made me sad and the fact nothing is mentioned about how her child is doing (home life etc) made me sad too but I think they left it off with her child to leave it ambiguous and let the players think how he is doing. I'm glad I found a video that I can put my thoughts on

[sanaaslam]

I remember crying so much when the story progressed into showing how Edith did not survive the child birth and then his own son was standing at her grave. It was so heartbreaking to watch.

[fernonyoutube]

Lewis’s story was so devastating and deep. Gregory also hit home just because he is a baby. Walters hurts because it was so sudden. Edith’s death was confusing, I had a lot of questions at the end. I think Molly had pics and her story was hallucinations due to her injecting poison.

[Happy-totf]

The Gregory story really made me cry the first time I played it, I wasn’t ready.

[kmzoilus]

I love this game and its detail. After passing it I did come to some conclusions and maybe yours are similar. 1. I think the family is cursed with a sort of "final destination" thing. Some of the family were hurt/injured .. like Calvin had a broken leg before his death. In one flashback i think walter had a major injury happen to his hand/arm and Edith's son at the beginning when hes on the boat, has a cast on his left arm. I these things indicate death coming for them but not succeeding at that point. Meaning her son is already being targeted by the curse. 2. what remains of edith is her book but also her son. 3. I think the little girl who was hungry and said that she would be "delicious"... was locked in her room so she could starve to death because the mom wanted to kill her before the curse did. The snake may have been her hunger. Or maybe it was a real snake put in there by her mom? .... anyway... i got alot more stuff from the game but those are just a few of my takes from it.

[aditification]

The way I interpreted the game was that I the player is in fact the curse on the finches. If you think about it the player of the game is who eventually kills everyone including edith. The player becomes the snake who eats Molly. And then the frog that kills Gregory and the monster that cheers for barbara to scream. So in some weird way the outcome that results in death of the finches is the outcome you the player is striving for. It's a paradox because you the player wants to know what happened to the finches but you the player also drive all them to their death. Atleast that is how I saw it.

[TastyLootGaming]

Just beat this game on ps4, free on PS Plus and I loved it and needed to hear what people got out of it. Great video, I agree with everything you said. Subbed!

[faeriecrypt]

I played this for the first time two weeks ago. Haunting and beautiful. I can't think of many games that have resonated with me so much, nor do I believe a book or movie would have conveyed the stories as effectively.

[JohnHenry]

Man this game is filled with so many emotions. I have never cried in a game. As a parent, I cant even imagine...

[chaoticalien]

just finished this game and it was so beautiful. the telling of the stories was on point and i enjoyed every bit of it
great video

[jorgemr]

Edith died in the birth of her son didn´t she?

[MiamiSunrise]

There were so many points, where I didn't want to keep playing. You just know exactly what is going to happen, once you finish a certain task and you want to change the story but you can't. Calvin and Gregory were heartbreaking, because you somehow end up causing their death and there is nothing you can do, if you want to keep playing.

[YuniorGamboa]

This game really surprises me with its story.
This was definitely a work of art

[lukeguerra]

Got this on game pass on Xbox, It’s now one of my favorites!

[baysidegreg]

Such an amazing game, there’s just a few games out there that sometimes hit so close to home that you can’t help but know they’ve had such a profound impact on your outlook of life as a whole.