White Shadows

Anti-climatic ending, and way too short. Other than that it's a very good game!

This game is like arthouse cinema — an auteur’s statement crafted to immerse rather than entertain. A rare diamond, finely cut.

The game is artistically impressive. I appreciate the intriguing blend of a 1950's vision of the future, looney tunes inspired anthropomorphized animals and aesthetics. The camera work is dynamic and exciting, giving the game a cinematic feel. The sound design is suitably heavy, industrial and brutal which is what one would expect from a dystopian game. The main issue with the game is that its fundamental message is not subtle and makes the worldview of the designers unmistakeable. "All Animals Are Equal", this is what modern society supposedly tells the population. But, in the designer's view of the world, all Ravens (a classic allegorical animal for black people) are brutally mistreated. The cute little furry creatures could be representative of any minority, but they are in solidarity with the ravens. The pigs (a classic allegory for white police and capitalists) are obsessed with light or racial purity. The wolves are at the top of the corporate ladder, controlling everyone. The game is art, and art is subjective, but the creators make their worldview clear at the beginning of the game when they say it deals with "racism". It certainly does that, but in a reductionist manner, where all pigs (white people) are irredeemable, consumption and purity obsessed zealots, the wolves (white corporate elites) profit off the blind obedience of the pigs and delight in the torment of the ravens (black people). There is no balanced view : it is pigs / wolves (white people) bad, and ravens / furry creatures (black people, minorities) good. Please note, I gave the game 3 stars, in recognition of its artistic merits. But, the game indisputably is designed to make a statement, and, as a player, I say the message is not representative of modern western society. Racism has definitely existed in America, but in now way was it ever as simple as all blacks "oppressed" by all whites. Such a worldview is untrue, and doesn't advance mutual understanding or appreciation

madness that catches you, the game creator was in a really crazy vibe