Despelote is an ideal picture of childhood mania

For a child who has an obsession, it is impossible to think of anything else. When I was really skiing, each piece of architecture was full of tricks that I could never withdraw from. When you are in an effort to complete Super Mario Bruce 3 On my own, any piece of paper has become a drawing of a new level.

For the eight -year -old Julian in the new game devoutThis mania is football, and it becomes the background of a sweet and short drama for emotion and memory.

devout It is located in Kito in 2001, just as it is about to qualify for the Men’s World Cup for the first time in its history. The story follows Julian through the qualified stages, where he takes care of his life – or tries, at least. There is a lot that happens at that time, as the country is still dealing with effects An economic crisis. Football becomes something of a relief valve, an optimistic story that must be followed during difficult times.

The game plays from the perspective of the first person and takes place within several days, during each of them, Ecuador has an important match. The scenes are small but amazingly open, and often forcing the young Julian – as well as the player – to determine the place of focus. He may play a 16 -bit soccer game while his mother tries to give his lectures, or stare from the window in the event of watching people kicking a ball around him while he is supposed to listen to a lesson.

Sometimes he has a target to complete it, such as returning home in time for dinner or monitoring his little sister in the garden. But there is always distraction. It is always a soccer ball. Most of the time, Julian has a ball at his feet, either kicking it with friends, or himself while everyone is attending. When there is no ball, it does this, kicking anything from a glass bottle to a copy of a partner On DVD disk.

There is a real privacy for devout Regarding his location and time, it also raises a very universal feeling that you are a child. These options between what Julian wants to do and what he is supposed to do is difficult, and his mother often allows him to obtain it when he spoils. At some point, while playing the concealment, I lost his sister, and became a museum of the reaction that I get if I did not find it in time. There are also moments when control is pulled away from you, and Julian’s mother will withdraw it with his hand wherever he is.

The interaction of these moments really puts you in Julian’s shoes, and there were major scenes that brought me back to my childhood. (Especially the presence of a younger brother who distracts your attention while playing a video game.) All of this is presented with dreamy and dreamy backgrounds. You seem to be in a memory, which is amplified by the adult julián – the game was developed by the designer Julián Cordero, animation and music Sebastián Valbuena – putting the scene through the narration at the beginning of each chapter.

All the time, tension is built with Ecuador approaching an inch of rehabilitation. (In most points in the game, you can find your way to a TV to check the result in the current match.) All of this crowned in a beautiful moment of the fourth wall that puts this story in a larger perspective.

devout It only lasts about two hours, and most of that time spends kicking. However, he can capture a lot of childhood feelings and crumbs that are consumed entirely and that come with being a child.

_{devout It is now available on PlayStation, XBOX and PC, with a switch also in business.}