Posted on: July 20, 2022

Clovermite

Игр: 112 Отзывов: 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: April 8, 2024

LeftHandedMatt

Владелец игры

Игр: 425 Отзывов: 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

Владелец игры

Игр: 314 Отзывов: 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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Posted on: September 8, 2019

LogicalEnigma

Владелец игры

Игр: 30 Отзывов: 3

A good idea but not for everyone

I purchased this game based on the reviews and fond memories of similar styles of gameplay from my childhood. I loved the idea of uncovering what happened through investigation. On those merits, the game delivers. However, the success of a game like this will be on whether you, the player, enjoy the story and it's difficult to make that determination without a number of spoilers. (I won't give any here.) The one thing that I would have liked to know in advance is the game's rating. Even after searching a number of sites, including the game's home page and GOG, I'm still not sure. (We have a firm, no rated M games in our household.) Based on my in-game experient I'm guessing it's at least T for languange and mature themes but it may be M. However, I didn't witness any overt nudity or graphic violence. The story is fairly dark as the events you uncover go from neutral to bad to worse but the acting is first rate and the characters and the events live out are haunting. This makes it an amazing game for some but not everyone.

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Posted on: October 11, 2024

chelseairl

Владелец игры

Игр: 318 Отзывов: 1

it was ok

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