Posted on: July 13, 2022

mjsulik

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So close to greatness...

The acting talent in this game is _incredible_, but somewhat limited by a story that has major gaps in the ending segments. The game also tries to waste a huge amount of your time by starting at the keyword that you search for instead of the beginning of a clip, having a really slow rewind speed, and limiting controls for navigating the videos. There is an easy-to-install mod that allows for skipping to the start of a clip and moving forward and backward 2 or 10 seconds. I'm splitting the difference in my rating: Without that mod, this game would be 2 stars due to lack of respect for player time. With it, I'd give it four stars. Overall, an interesting narrative experience. This game is much "sexier" (at least for players attracted to women) and has much higher production values than Her Story, but considerably less narrative coherence. Overall, I prefer Her Story, but would love to see more games made to fill this niche genre.

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Posted on: July 20, 2022

Clovermite

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Jeux: 112 Avis: 2

Doesn't Live up to Her Story

First thing that needs to be called out: the game desperately needs a "start video at beginning" button, and it doesn't have one despite being the number one critique after several years being released. When you search videos, it starts at wherever the keyword you searched is located, even if that means it's at the end of a 7 minute video. The vast majority of your time is spent slowly rewinding clips to the beginning so you can actually understand what you're watching and not miss anything valuable. Half the time, you'll find there WAS nothing valuable and the character is just sitting there doing nothing, listening to the other side of the conversation you're not seeing. I really liked Her Story, and was hoping this would give more of the same. Unfortunately, it doesn't really capture what made Her Story great, it just follows a very similar format in terms of gameplay. Unlike Her Story, I didn't really feel I understood why our character is going through the videos as the end. There also isn't really any surprise twists that recontextualizes the clips you first saw. Such twist was part of what made Her Story interesting, and it's sorely lacking here. There also seems to be a lack of purpose to watching the clips like we had with Her Story. You're literally just uncovering a narrative story out of order, not piecing together a mystery. Perhaps this would be better if the characters were interesting, but I found all of them either unlikable or boring. As another review said, you're literally just listening in on people complaining about their daily. They play up the titillation with some of the sexual scenes, but they really just get in the way of getting to the useful dialogue. I found myself very unsatisfied, and googled around to see if I'd missed something by the end of the game. I'd missed some details of the story along the way, but nothing important. I would suggest playing Her Story instead. Don't buy this game.

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Posted on: October 30, 2019

zepom

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Jeux: 7 Avis: 1

Magnifique performance !

Après avoir joué à Her Story, j'attendais avec impatience ce nouvel opus. Voilà l'exemple même d'une forme différente de jeu vidéo qui brouille les limites avec le monde du film. Les scènes sont tellement bien jouées, ce jeu est une vraie réussite !

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Posted on: April 8, 2024

LeftHandedMatt

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Jeux: 425 Avis: 16

Good, but outstays its welcome

Essentially an expanded version of Her Story, so if you enjoyed that game you should find lots to like about this too. But while the narrative is intriguing, I enjoyed this less. Instead of following one character we now explore four, with a number of side characters too. The central mechanic works because of the enticing mystery, but it has some flaws. All you need to do here is watch videos and use them find keywords which you can use to search for more videos. Eventually this does outstay its welcome. Fortunately the acting is fantastic and as you uncover more of the plot it's genuinely involving. But your enjoyment really relies on you being able to find the right videos to piece things together. By the end of my playthrough, I didn't have enough to fully understand things and the ending left me unsatisfied. Watching the videos can be a chore. A video will start playing at the point the keyword you searched for appears - this might be right at the end of a clip. A massive flaw is that you can't jump to the start of them, instead you have to rewind. Some videos are up to 10 minutes long and this process is draining. I lost a lot of enthusiasm for the game thanks to this. Most videos also on show one side of a conversation, so you need to try and find the accompanying other half to make proper sense of things. That means you're watching long conversations twice, if you can even find them. And some long videos are so completely empty of anything eventful (a character sleeping). I expected more of an evolution from Her Story, which this isn't (for that, look at Sam Barlow's next game, Immortality). Great narrative with a mix of colourful characters, but a little difficult to fully recommend.

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Posted on: September 27, 2024

movingcastle

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Jeux: 314 Avis: 18

Good but mechanically oversimplified

Story is great and uncovering it feels rewarding. However, severely limited video player controls makes the experience significantly worse. These three mechanics could have elevated it into the greatness: * Seeking bar (yes, a simple seeking bar... videos are digital, so VHS-like controls for seeking feel off) * Side-by-side player for videos that are paired as two sides of the same conversation (and so many of them are!). Of course you have to discover both sides first to pay them side by side, so "the challenge" won't be lessened. * Database overview after the credits roll to see, which files you have uncovered and which are missing ("Her Story" already had something like that, so it is a no brainer...)

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