Posted on: November 30, 2017

mintee

Spiele: 799 Rezensionen: 122

Interesting concept

Total time playing this was around 7-8 hrs which includes replaying the last chapter to get a different ending. If game length vs cost is a concern for you that might interest you. I found the cost for it fine, even better on sale. Pros: Engaging story, a nice immersive feel to the spying, nod to voyeuristic tendencies we all have to snoop into what the neighbors are doing and really saying about you, interesting characters to flesh out with lots of flavor text, emails and photos. Different endings depending on your choices regarding what is evidence and conjecture so some replayability, music was adequate, graphics were interesting-kinda washed out theme I guess to reflect a separation from reality vs being an Orwellian spy. Cons: Game froze at the most inopportune times twice, both during the big reveal, causing me to have to reload. It can be very difficult to know what to do next, especially during the end chapter, alot of times I was uploading data that I did not want to upload due to me trying to get the game to progress, many forced progress gating. I watched other players on utube and they had the same problem. Information uploaded sometimes had different reactions then intended, which seemed to me be more forced linear story telling. I hesitate to replay the entire game as I feel you will still end up with the same 3 endings regardless. The endings are very abrupt, there should have been more for the player to do at the end to get the full feeling of accomplishment/shock/awe/whatever. No way to hasten scripts during replays which causes unnecessary length to get to those major decisions in order to see diff endings. Music was a bit too bland and could have used different scores to break the monotony of it. Overall, the game was interesting, with some tweaks it could have been great. I did like how they showed all sides to the story, nothing was black or white in morality. Worth it to get on sale for an afternoon of immersion

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Posted on: June 9, 2018

wolfm

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Spiele: 143 Rezensionen: 3

Good idea, bad execution

The idea for this game sounds extremely interesting and intriguing on paper but ( and this is a big but) the execution is a bit problematic to say the least. -The game time is extremely short ( you might finish it in one playthrough) and the replaybility value is non existent. -There's no real choise in the game except in the final chapter. -The story starts out quite dull and uninteresting and although it does improve in the middle portion in unfortunately falls flat in the end. -Although it tries to be political the mediocre story does not allow you to get immersed in it and appreciate its political message.

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Posted on: November 26, 2017

ShooterDan07

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Spiele: 208 Rezensionen: 1

Interesting; Felt Dirty

Long time customer, first time reviewer (I couldn't pass up the opportunity). Very interesting concept for a game, enjoyable even if a bit short. I'm not too bothered by that fact since I'd gotten it during the post Thanksgiving sale. I got quite a bit into the story and began feeling for the characters, especially for a certain someone due to some of my "datachunk" choices. I've only clocked one playthrough; I'm going to go for another to hopefully make some other choices. I kind of ended Chapter 5 too quickly by accident, and couldn't reverse it. As for the title, I felt very dirty scrubbing through the digital lives of these characters. I made the "bad" choices, or added certain chunks just to see what would happen. Perhaps with another playthrough or another, I'll see if I can divert the attention of the system. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed it. May have given a lower rating if I'd bought it at full price, but with the lower price I'm quite pleased with the product. I can definitely see this being further fleshed out for a follow on title (not DLC). I hope this helps in your decision. I know many are upset with the linear and short playthrough, which I would've been had I paid full price.

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Posted on: October 6, 2019

tranquil-glade

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Spiele: Rezensionen: 46

who watches the watchers?

A great game that offers relevant commentary on today's surveillance society. I understand how the game had to prevent us from making a better choice later when resolving data conflicts, to offer choice and consequence, however in an actual computer system this would have been an easy change.

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Posted on: November 7, 2021

FKAWMEWB

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Spiele: 171 Rezensionen: 22

Intense and thought-provoking

A bomb goes off in the middle of down-town. Surveillance cameras have identified a person with a police record at the site moments before. She attacked a policeman at a protest a while back, and now she was filmed at the site of a terrorist bombing. Coincidence? You browse her homepage, find her chat handle. Moments later, you watch a chat between her and her lover. It's inconsequential, but it gives you a few chunks of data to upload, unlocking more items to sift through. Destined for a cushy job in her family's business empire, she dyed her hair blue and became an artist. Radical change, no? Let's check her social media to see what happened. And oh dear, she's on antidepressants! Do I need to upload that? Your job in Orwell is as menial as it is exhausting: Sift through mountains of more or less private data and select the relevant bits to bring to the attention of law enforcement. You're the human component required by some ethics codex. But how do you know what's pertinent? Being in possession of all the data is not actually the same as being omniscient. Her medical records show an old leg injury. His fishing buddies say he's gay. Does the system need to know that? Even to establish which data is relevant to your case, you need to survey a ton that isn't. An ethical mass surveillance system would be one that you couldn't use. I like how the basic conundrum is mirrored in the game mechanics: We do want to fight crime, you do want to beat the game, so you need to upload something. But with all "the signals, all the time" at your fingertips, does your selecting uncover the truth or create it? A police investigation is perhaps the only place where you don't want player choice to change the outcome, but there's surprisingly much of that in Orwell. You sit in front of the calm blue GUI, dragging and dropping snippets. Every now and again your adviser pops up saying good job because they arrested someone based on your research. Should you care?

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