Here's a chance to replay your life again and again, each time with a different personality. This time around, you can be a wealthy entrepreneur who will do anything to get ahead. Or take on the life of a broke, but happy poet. Or fulfill your dream of being the most popular person in your high school with a date book filled up for the next five years. In Alter Ego, you create the character you want to be--your "alter ego"--and then live out your alter ego's life from birth through old age. So be a kid again, get back at those snobs from high school, do all those things Mom and Dad wouldn't let you do or go back and marry that long-lost love you let get away. With Alter Ego, you play the game of life.
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An interesting decision making game that is entertaining enough to run through several times.
My fiance left me on our wedding day so I had an affair with a younger man, also my dad died in a drunk driving accident.
Being tortured to death as a child really makes one contemplate the fragility of their being
Honestly, as simple as this game is, I really enjoy it each time I play. Depending entirely on your choices, the session can either have depth and insight, or be hilarious and chaotic. Definitely a game that has you coming back to it every so often.
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I haven't played this in a few years. I remember becoming depressed in my teenage years, which lead to drinking and drugging, which lead to my suicide. I don't remember much from other playthroughs but I remember it's addicting.
Emotionally challenging and adventurous for a text based game released in 1986. Some studios out there today are not yet ready to address themes present in Alter Ego.