This is an interactive movie, not really a game. The story is well told. The voice actors did a great job, there appears to be lots of animation and the transition between past and current time was a good choice. The story is supposed to be somewhere in the 60s where Cold War is a big topic, women are not treated fairly wrapped up in a love story with an ending you can’t change. Personally the story gave me feminist vibes, masculinity is bad, lots of guys are in on it etc. Even though it’s realistic and it could have happened at the time, it’s cliche and also kind of hard to believe. It focuses on the negative aspects in exaggerating ways in a way to influence your believes about certain topics indirectly. I’m personally so over that and might be more sensitive to it compared to others. Also the icons were confusing. You get different dialogue choices by selecting icons and I can make a guess what they mean, but nothing definitive. I just found out there’s a tutorial after reading someone else’s review. This should have been explained while you were playing and not hidden in a menu somewhere.

Anyway, it’s definitely worth experiencing for the performance alone if you care about stories and are fine with very minimal gameplay. It took me 3 hour and 17 minutes to complete it. I kept thinking about it and wanted to see how it ends.

Reviewed on Sep 07, 2023


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