Posted on: December 9, 2024
Siwkann
Verified ownerGames: 165 Reviews: 27
Novel level writting.
This game must have the best story of any game coming in the 2010s. It's full of reflections in philosophy and science. The characters are very well written. You know this because you can simpathize and care for them. The story at plot and writting level is at novel level. This means it's above movie and videogame level of writting quality. (This is how I measure the quality of writting, which has little to do with the concepts of the plot, but instead presentation of the story and character depth). If you don't know about frictional games, they ressurrected the horror genre in 2010 with The Dark Descent. It also sprouted the walking simulator subgenre and stealth based/no weapon horror mechanic. Comparing SOMA to other Frictional Games titles, I would say this is scarier than The Dark Descent, and at the same level as Amnesia Rebirth, if not scarier. This is due to enemies being more consistent and menacing, compared to TDD monsters that you can easily lose and tend to despawn. It's is worth checking Penumbra 1&2, and Amnesia TDD&Rebirth. In therms of writting (Story, characters) compared to other FG titles, SOMA is the best one, followed by The Dark Descent and then Penumbra 1&2. Rebirth's story made me really mad as I found plot holes that made me dislike the protagonist. A machine for pigs is not worth mentioning and I don't have Amnesia The Bunker. Please send gift.
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