The Longing is not a game you beat.
It is a game that walks beside your real life.

While the Shade was waiting underground, I was changing house, breaking routines, and unexpectedly adopting two kittens. Outside, new life. Inside the screen, absolute solitude. That contrast stayed with me for the entire journey.
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I met silent, strange, beautiful creatures through this game. I learned to appreciate slowness, reading, doing nothing without feeling guilty. The Longing doesn’t push you forward - it lets you remain. And if you stay long enough, it changes how you look at time itself.

Then I crossed a line:
I walked for over 100 real hours inside the Halls of Eternity. Not for an achievement. Not for a guide. Only to know if an end truly existed!

I didn’t find the end...
I broke the game instead! The world collapsed into empty screens, silence without form. And somehow… it felt right:
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The Longing taught me that time is not a resource.
It is a presence.

I don’t recommend this game to everyone.
I recommend it to those who are not afraid of slow days, quiet thoughts, and unfinished answers.
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This darkness didn’t just pass through my screen - it passed through my life.
- S.O.