The world is lush and fun to explore, and the camera seems to be created to further push you to explore it, as it lets you zoom in and out and pan but only to a certain point. Granted, not everything is perfect, though the biggest issues seem more like a purposeful choice that I just don't love rather than any sort of glitch or major flaw. It's a truly unique aesthetic that sets the game apart from anything else, and it's a style I grew to love. When you head into a building the game pulls the front layer of the area away so you can see the architecture and your characters inside, and the characters themselves are semi-translucent figures other than Whit. That said, its presentation is far from straightforward, with an almost watercolor style effect applied to the game's environments that still gets across the various little details of the various locations in the cities and surrounding land. Where the Heart Leads does have a few game-centric mechanics that you will interact with along the journey, but most of the game is solely focused on dialogue. That's also why it feels so real, even in the most mundane conversations, and despite the surreal circumstances that lead to this story, there were many immensely relatable instances throughout Whit's journey that hit close to home.
There is one early on where you can reveal two huge secrets to your mother, and while it felt like the right thing to do (I even got a Trophy for it), I was surprised to see that it might not have been the most outright beneficial to the family's current predicament, even if it was probably better for the family's cohesion as a whole. As in most games of this ilk, some choices don't really affect the broader story while others change it significantly, but on the whole, it was quite impressive how many choices really mattered and set things on a different path. Again, the star of the show here is the actual story of this family and how your decisions can affect the direction of not only your life but those around you for years to come, and there were many moments where I wanted to immediately go back and see how a change in the decision would change the outcome for my family and friends.
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