I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

I loved the original Harlan Ellison story, and I loved the game -- especially for its story, voice acting, and fleshing out of the world briefly explored in the story. It also has a lot of that old adventure game charm, like the ones I grew up with. Some of the puzzles are fair; however, others can be a little rough around the edges. Certain necessary steps and the order thereof, like in Gorrister's branch, I would never have figured out without a guide. Still, much of it is quite doable without. Save often.

I can remember, when I was kid, I always wanted to play this game, just because its name was so exciting... Maybe it was good I didnt, because it could have left some long-term issues... :D but I dont know why I didnt play it later and came back it to just now... and I can say, even with the game being quite old in those days, it is so amazing... the thrilling stories of every character, all the voice-acting and even the graphic, which is old but very nice for its days and last but not least all the hints taken from encyclopedies, Bible and other books... this is pure jewell for every person who loves adventure games, great story and horror atmosphere...

I lve this type classic single player games, no microtransacsions, offline and pure gaming, but due some glitch, i couldn't see the happy ending

First, the good: -The puzzles were by and large reasonable and entertaining. -Nostalgia 90's graphics -Decent voice acting -Each character is played in their own limited environment, which was a successful way to limit the traditional problem of "wandering around forever to figure out what's there before you actually play the game." The bad: -As others noted, its pretty buggy. I didn't encounter anything game breaking, but it did break immersion. -As others noted, the game really requires using a walkthrough to complete. Not because the puzzles are hard, but because there's game mechanics that are never explained in-game that dictate if you can complete the game. Example: That book you start with in your inventory? Don't ever look at it to see what it is, or you can't win. The ugly: The worst part of this game is that as much as it pitches itself as having "adult themes," it's really juvenile in its writing. It tries to be edgy, but only accomplishes a shallow pulling together of overused tropes. The characters never get a chance to feel relatable, and the redemption arc of each is so rushed as to feel forced and unbelievable. The story plays like an outline to be filled out later with actual depth and development, but never is. Throughout playing this game, I just found myself bored and disconnected, occasionally rolling my eyes at the cartoonish chaotic-evil villainy of AM, who also happens to be the only character with consistent, understandable motivation and personality.

I've wanted to play this for a long time,. but right from the beginning, I was disappointed. Sure, there are some interesting elements but the puzzles are illogical, dead-ends multiple and voice acting pretty unimpressive. Not my cup of tea, even though I usually enjoy classics.