There was so much potential in the beginning of this game. The story seemed interesting and solid and I thought the choices were meaningful. All that gets thrown out at the ending. SPOILER ALERT: There's only one ending and its just... bad. I don't like it. Perhaps its fitting for a "dark story" to have a dark ending, but as a visual novel of sorts I feel like my efforts were wasted. What is the point of making choices if none of them matter? It honestly made me feel disgusted and angry. I actually don't even own the game here. I bought it on Steam, gave it a negative review there and decided to give a negative review here too because of how angry this game made me. I wasted my money on this game, and I don't want anyone else to do the same.
Its not very long and at the same time, the gameplay is rather slow and a bit cumbersome at times, but its not a bad game at all. But, I'd only recommend it if you're very fond of point and click games.
Whispers of a Machine was a really fun experience for me. The point and click gameplay was easy to grasp and there is the ability to get certain unique powers depending on certain choices you make which adds a little bit of replay value. The puzzle aspect was well designed to me; Not too complex that you're going crazy trying to solve things, but not spoon-feeding you everything as well. The only thing I was a little upset about was that certain mechanics were introduced and only used once or twice which made them feel a little unnecessary in the grand scheme. The plot is a simple, but interesting murder mystery situation. If you've ever scene Blade Runner then you'll be familiar with a lot of themes discussed in this game. Its not something incredibly profound but its certain enjoyable and gives you a few things to think about. All and all, its a very pleasing game. I would highly recommend it to anyone, especially if you love Point and Click style games or Blade Runner/Cyberpunk themed stories.
