Bandersnatch, as a film, is a 5-star near-masterpiece, but as a game it considerably lacks. Bandersnatch as a game nearly falls under the same genre as Detroit Become Human and Heavy Rain, because it's not quite a point-and-click but it is a decision-based game. It's a lot closer to Erica, which I did a review on recently, however arguable Erica does better than Bandersnatch as a game because it embraces the fact it is a game, whilst Bandersnatch does the opposite and embraces the fact it's a movie. No matter how you think about it though, Bandersnatch is wonderfully acted, brilliantly puzzling, and looks and sounds incredible. The fact that certain playthroughs don't simply end but subtly carry over to the next is a really nice touch. I especially love the references to other Black Mirror media, like Metalhead and Nohzdyve (Nosedive). As said, as a game it lacks, especially in terms of the number of different choices, with only a maximum of 3 at one time, but this is likely entirely due to Netflix not wanting to take risks.

Best experience I'm probably going to have with Black Mirror, the way they use the medium to tell this story makes this really unique. The game hits all the vibes it needs to and is a perfect period piece. The narrative was pretty strong, Colin and Stefan were incredibly fascination characters.

I only wish there was more to it, which if anything, is more of a praise than a criticism. Anyone looking for an interesting meta narrative experience should try Bandersnatch. Especially if they're into the period of gaming portrayed here.

Bandersnatch is actually really cool.

And yes, you can qualify it as a video game.

What a time to be alive.