A fun little narrative. The gameplay aspects really only exist to help you uncover the story so they're quite simple and not too diverting. The graphics are lovely and the scenes are each set nicely, with a pleasant and fantastical abstraction from reality. The game is really narrative though, so should be judged primarily on that. The narrative works, the story unfurls with more ambiguity than you would usually see in, say, a movie or a novel, which helps push the genre in the direction that video game story-telling should be expanding further into. A good game, and I must say that I welcomed the game's length of 90 minutes. We played it as a family when we had a couple of hours to wait for something. I wish more games allowed that.

Stray is wonderful. It's casual gaming at its best.

The gameplay is simplistic and not challenging, but this helps the narrative carry through. It's not ridiculously easy though, just the right amount to not become frustrating. In my opinion it was spot on. Also, given that the main quest is linear, it's refreshing to not have to explore every cranny for loot.

The story is quite engaging but also quite limited. But the effect is deep and absorbing. The worldbuilding is fantastic. Some what generic but I'd rather see it as building on a solid foundation. It's a sort of cyberpunk dystopia with a cutesy, nonthreatening aesthetic. There's a real Kowloon feel to the place.

It looks and feels completely immersive and is the first game I've played that really feels next gen. Controls are pretty tight too.

The score is fantastic, it jarred a little at first but I quickly adapted and it helped deeply with the immersion.

A nearly perfect game that scratches that itch for an interactive narrative experience. And no, the cat protagonist is not a gimmick, it works and is suitable.

Hidden Agenda is a fun game. The story is a little generic and predictable, but boundaries are being explored in the tech and mechanisms so I'm not sure that's too much of an issue. There are moments of tension and it was fun with a group of six. The mechanisms however fall short of the mark. The decisions aren't always clear and often seem inconsequential. There's rarely anything to discuss as you can't really guess the outcome. The takeover cards were used very rarely by our group on either playthrough. The hidden agendas are the most broken aspect though as it's almost impossible to influence people towards your agenda if there's either very little to discuss or very little to indicate how you would go about it. It just doesn't quite work out. The mechanism is solid, but the writing doesn't exploit it.

Voice acting was great, for a video game. Animation was mostly very good. Sound and (limited) score was excellent. Controls through the app we found smooth, though some of the rapid responses were a little too tricky. Branching paths were limited and too unpredictable, and often didn't ripple out too much with a couple of great exceptions.

Overall, we had a good five hours of fun play and having to start from the beginning without chapters (cf Detroit) wasn't much of a drag on the second playthrough. A decent game. I want more like this.