I had a lot of fun with Her Story. The whole idea is to watch clips of a woman's interactions with detectives during multiple sessions of questioning. I don't want to get into the story because it's an easy thing to ruin unless you go in without any knowledge about what they are investigating, but it's very interesting. You are going to watch these clips out of order, so everything comes together at different times and things said before will become something else with more context after another clip. The game play is very simple. You're screen is that of an old computer with an outdated OS. A couple .txt files give you an idea where to start. You must use keywords to not only sift through the videos but to actually find them on the drive. An example would be to use the word 'the'. You would expect that to be a good start. It is, but don't think that's going to be some sort of shortcut. You only get the top 5 results for each search. That could be tedious if not for the brilliant dialog that constantly gives you clues as to what new keywords you should research. I used a notepad and wrote every keyword I'd like to look into down, which kept the ball rolling. Graphics are not AAA by any means, but they are unique to this era of gaming. The Full Motion Video almost like that a modern day Sega CD game would be. The music and sound effects add to the creepy atmosphere without imposing. And this is not a horror game, but it will feel that way as you dig deeper. When you come to realize the what you are watching, things really snowball. Not 'scarey' but chilling. The ending is very brief and sudden, but it works to further impact how the game has made you feel to that point. I recommend this game to people that want a short, interesting experience without all the pretension BS that a lot of indie games try to push onto you.
