I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

While what the storry has to tell you is compelling, i really had a hard time with how you had to play it. Sometimes interactive objects are quite easy to overlook and not distinguishable from the background, but even worse at some parts you have to redo certain actions after you did some completly unrelated actions to get further or items just appear where you have previously searched, only because you talked to someone. In the end i had to look up at least 3 situations after searching fruitlessly for about an hour of what could be possible. Plus the supposed 'hints' from the book in your inventory almost never helped me in any way, even in retrospective i could not always conect the clue with what i had to do.

As my title says, about the game the only flaw I can say it is that there's a hidden morality system that you are never informed about and because it is an older game some of the items are too pixelated to be noticed right away. You'll be devoured by the story, it is incredible and horrible dark and you'll love every bit of it. My favorite game along with Bulletstorm, I recommend both.

A mix of body, ethical and psychological horror as you play as 5 different characters each being tormented by a sentient computer at the end of the world. Graphically it still looks pretty good considering its age and the full voice acting and animation is impressive for its age. The music is annoying and overbearing, which I guess is the point as it makes you feel uncomfortable, and the world is bizarre yet recognisable enough to be relevant with its stories of ethical dilemmas and redemption. The story is good, but the puzzles are poor as they are very unclear and it’s far too easy to make a mistake and be locked out of completing a chapter, forcing you to restart and use a walkthrough. As it’s not a long game this isn’t too much of an issue, but is off-putting, especially in the final act where you have to follow a nonsensical sequence precisely otherwise you will fail to get a good ending.

Just a short review about the grip of the game. I think the reason it has gripped at least me so completely has something to do with its lack of humour. Or how to say? The lack of relief for the characters. Its so vastly different from a lot of point'n'clickkers (Not that there is anything wrong with those either) and when I go through the game world, everything is so desolate. And I start to feel like "Wow, what an atmosphere, what a complete game world." And it seems so amazing.

Maybe it's because I normally don't play a lot of click-and-point adventure games, but playing this one was an infuriating experience. The story is well written and a great extention to its source material and the main reason I continued pushing through this nightmare of moon-logic puzzles. I kept soft-locking myself without a guide, which lead me to saving every few minutes, after every bit of progression I managed to do. Suprisingly this game didn't crash on me once. It did bug out frequently, though. I think this game is best experienced watching a walkthrough or with a guide. Solving the puzzles yourself stops feeling rewarding after half an hour and maybe I would have appreciated the symbolism behind them a lot more if I didn't just try combining different items until it worked.