Posted on: April 24, 2020
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An interactive novel
This is a text-driven "choose your own adventure" novel, created by an alliance of developers aiming to make games more relaxing. There is no wrong or right, no way to win or lose, no ticking clock, no competition, no conflict, no goal except the journey itself. It plays as a series of short scenes presented through text passages, then allows you to choose one of multiple options on how to proceed. Some options may impact your travel budget or increase your fatigue and thus limit subsequent choices, but in general your choices lack meaningful permanent consequences, Background music is sparse and not very memorable, voice-over doesn't exist, there is no video and for a game about traveling, even the number of static pictures is surprisingly limited. The few pictures present unfortunately feel like stock photos with just a superficial relation to the story. A full playthrough takes about an hour. In theory it has some replay value due to your choices, but they may not be meaningful enough to make you try more than once or twice. The idea of travelling the great Transsiberian railway is fascinating, esp. since most of us may not now--perhaps not ever--have a chance to go on that trip. Unfortunately as a travel diary, the game provides too little immersion, too little imagery of good quality, too little (even optional) touristic or historic context. As a novel, the game suffers from mediocre writing, poor dialog and descriptions. Even a novel that is meant to be relaxing needs conflict, good pacing, and characters you care about enough to keep turning the pages. Unfortunately the story presented in the game, even if still of fair quality, is no such page-turner. With all that said, while the game fails to be perfect, it still is an entertaining novel for a fair price. Byuing this story will get you an interesting (even if not very memorable) hour of reading.
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