Tender Loving Care

At first glance, this "game" appears to be just a movie broken into parts, with questions in between that mean nothing and do nothing to the movie...but that's where you would be wrong! When you realise that your choices affect the film, it becomes so much more interesting. I'm not exactly sure what is going on, but it seems that the game checks on a handful of your insecurities and shapes the world to fit it... In short, what happens the first time you play this game is you go "Oh...this played out exactly the way I thought it would, what a boring story." But in actual fact, it's been tracking your trust and distrust of the characters throughout and altering the movie to play the way you think it would. All the while, providing psychiatrists notes about you, the player as you make your choices. From what I've now read on TLC, there are as many as six endings and the scenes can change from sedate to downright steamy! Unfortunately, from what I've also read, there is supposed to be a final psychiatric work up given at the end of the story, which I didn't see in this version...which could be because it's pretty damn buggy! In fact, for a point and click game I experienced a game breaking bug which wouldn't let me click on any of the hotspots. In short, the story was interesting and definitely worth a look at, I think TLC would definitely benefit from multiple play-throughs, perhaps with a group of friends, trying to sway the story certain ways. I'd give 3 1/2 stars if it were an option. Grab it if it's on sale, and you're in to interactive novels.

The reason i bought the Game was in the Original version you get a Psychological Profiele of yourself. It is quit accurate and very intresting. So don´t Play the game to often ;). I got 3 differnt endings in the last jear´s i Played (including this one) but this Time there is no Profiel at the end. So if you Remeber the original Version and that would be the reason for you to buy it don´t do it you wont get what you want.

It's an FMV game that would be right at home on the Sega CD or CDI on a technical standpoint. Although it definatly is an interesting experience even if you spend your time watching it or reading text. The interactivity is simplistic but it kept me entertained for a good six hours. Definatly worth the price of admission in my opinion.

I played this game on a rainy afternoon. It is more movie than game but I still liked it. The story was good, the main guy was a little complainy but not without reason. I think it is a game you will only play once but that is OK.

In this game, a story is told through the use of several video segments that last about 5-10 minutes each. In between the video parts, you can explore the house the characters live in to get more backstory about what is going on at each moment. The exploration is completely optional. There are no puzzles to solve. You are also asked two sets of questions between each video segment: 1. your thoughts about various topics which may or may not relate to the story 2. you are asked to interpret what is going on in a set of images. The story was pretty compelling for the majority of it, but the ending was very tense and disturbing. I guess this sort of feeling is expected in a psychological thriller but I found it unpleasant. I would recommend this game overall though.