I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

Maybe it's because I normally don't play a lot of click-and-point adventure games, but playing this one was an infuriating experience. The story is well written and a great extention to its source material and the main reason I continued pushing through this nightmare of moon-logic puzzles. I kept soft-locking myself without a guide, which lead me to saving every few minutes, after every bit of progression I managed to do. Suprisingly this game didn't crash on me once. It did bug out frequently, though. I think this game is best experienced watching a walkthrough or with a guide. Solving the puzzles yourself stops feeling rewarding after half an hour and maybe I would have appreciated the symbolism behind them a lot more if I didn't just try combining different items until it worked.

Same as Deus_Ex, I must admit I loved Harlan Ellison's short story, and loved the game when it first came out. (I believe I first played the demo of the game, which I found on a now-deceased Polish games magazine's CD - Secret Service.) It swooped me of my feet with its dark, gritty suspense and horror laden atmosphere. One cannot help but feel the oppressive watchful eye (sensor?) of AM on the characters. The story is brilliant. Game is beautifully drawn. A true gem for a discerning, mature player! (I suggest reading the short story first!)

Just when I'd been hoping for more older games to come out among the flood of Indies cropping up of late, GOG pulls out this excellent title. Well done! Anyone who knows the value of Ellison's work will tweak to this titles themes of human morality and ethics. It forces the player to make choices in situations that are questionable. It's also the first real survival horror game made. I can't recommend it highly enough! :)

Played this first time when it came out. Never finished it but learned later on that due to several bugs you could get stuck with no hope of getting forward. Unfortunately none of this bugs have been fixed in this new release. You can still play as Nimdok and get stuck if you do wrong things in wrong order, and the game doesn't even hint that you should've done things differently. Much worse is the fact that you can actually complete all five tales and the get stuck in the last episode without a hope to complete the game successfully.

There are radical changes when compared to the original short story, some who are comprehensible because it's a short story after all, there is not enought material, but some are really strange and not necessary at all. Read the short story and play the game and see for yourself.