Forgotton Anne

The game itself is quite nice. The story has no real plot twist and I wish they made more of some of the side characters. Still, overall the story is just as nice as the visuals. But the controls ... oh man. These are ok..ish most of the time. And it gets really bad when you get to the platforming. They are somewhat unprecise, when trying to jump and have an - for me - unintuitive delay. Also: The platforming in the power plant could have been left out and the game would have been the same except a lot less frustration. The sidestories/background cutscenes during the whole thing wre nice but the platforming wiht these controls ... Also in the end the player is presented with kind of a non-choice. Where one choice dosen't really fit the story told so far. Also it's along the line: Burn the orphanage or save the orphanage. Still it was entertaining to play. Worth a buy.

It's a very beautiful game. The hand-drawn visuals, the effects, the animations, the music, the voice-overs are absolutely amazing. It's also engaging. I initially though it might be as good as The Longest Journey. The are some similarities. Unfortunately, it's not nearly as deep. It elicits emotions through music and visuals, rather than dialogs and other content. There are no strong overarching themes, and the story-line is pretty straightforward. I like Anne as the character, but the rest of the cast are a bit shallow. Platforming and puzzles are all right. I'm not a big fan of either in any game, but here developers managed to hit the spot where both are challenging without being frustrating. Overall, my rating would is: I do not regret playing this game. For the reference, I use the following linear scale: ★ - Garbage. ★★ - Occasionally entertaining, but mostly a waste of time. ★★★ - I do not regret playing the game. Could be fun, but not something I would urge you to play. ★★★★ - Enjoyable and generally recommended. ★★★★★ - Timeless classic. Everyone must play.

Wonderful art. Nice music. Voice acting decent. Political statements not overbearing. This is what is great in the game. At first, you think you'll get lots of puzzles with increasing difficulty. You think you'll be given many choice that will give you one of many outcomes in the end... you know, like Chrono Trigger or something, which this game at one point tries to comically pay tribute to. But that's not the case. The puzzles are not that hard, and not that many. Dialogues can't be skipped, and there are many pointless ones, especially if you want to do a replay in order to get an alternate scene... and the final choices in this game, a game which prides itself on some sort of moral choice index, are not so "free" as they appear at first. For me, personally, it is a game that for every 1.5 points gained, lost 1 point, and I played it twice. I really like it, but I dislike it a little at the same time. Everyone should play it, if only because it IS imaginative, but don't be fooled - there are a lot of things that seemed like they were rushed... the ending is the most evident of these. Again, beautiful moments, but not a lot of puzzles, and the controls are not optimal to call this a "platformer." It is a walking simulator with puzzle elements and some platforming.

Beautiful art and music. Poor and almost nonexistent game play. "Puzzles" and bad platforming are put in to fill the space between cut scenes and dialogue that are just tired tropes. This is an 8 hour interactive movie that the creators should have just made into a short 90 minute feature film. I spent the last two hours of this game just waiting for it to end.