I really loved this game despite being challenging for me and being disheartened I will not get a platinum. I just know I will never be good enough to get gold rank on every level.

The game is really short if you only consider a single play through. Most levels take a few minutes to finish.

The game is still difficult - and to really enjoy it you’ll have to play some levels over and over to get the right achievement - gold rank, all hidden tokens and solve riddles.

It’s like a love child to sonic type speed collecting games and old school racing and rhythm arcade games. It might not make sense til you are 2-3 levels in why I describe the game like that but it’s got a classic appeal of perfect timing, trying to decide paths to take for points, or which will safely get you to the end. You have to be an extremely fast, recognize patterns to make decisions that will net the objective of you play through. Quite the strategic game when you really put the effort in.

The levels are visually beautiful with a cool moody almost cyber/retro vibe. The music is enjoyable with it fitting perfectly with the game play.

The concept of fighting through a tarot deck is intriguing and how it all comes together because of heartbreak.

Even though I was terrible at the gameplay I adore this little gem.

And can we just give a shout-out to Queen Latifah for narrating the game! She was perfect to set the final tone.

I can’t even get into the game play because it’s just unique from skateboarding to floating cards to sword fighting and avoiding obstacles hurled by a multi-headed wolf and even making your way into a VR game.

Give this immersive game a chance and just play through such a unique narrative.

A food named pup understands the challenge of self-worth, societal expectations , and the importance of creating your own value in life.

This game combines simple cutesy art with mental and emotional themes. It’s delves into fighting inner demons from yourself and others to break the barriers we put on ourselves. Battle trauma with art. The gameplay is really unique having to control
Both your character and a paintbrush with each joy stick. Simple and complex challenges with over 20+ hours of gameplay.

Each place you encounter can be colored in. You find things like brush styles that can make fun designs and textures. Spend hours hunting down collectibles or go to the art school and just draw. Or explore the map with most screens offers some type a puzzle to move ahead. As you obtain new skills it’s fun to explore the same areas to see if things were missed.

There are some physics issues that can hinder gameplay - especially puzzles that you have to sorta aim jump. The litter challenge felt impossible even with the hints. Litter is currency to some so it’s hard to know that you’ve actually collected and you only get a vague location hint. I wish at the end you could have received a gps upgrade like you get with the kids. Clothes were not as difficult since they are named you can find lists to see what you missed and look up the location. I had over 100 and was still missing items. I didn’t platinum the game as the collecting of items felt too heavy a chore. For a game about self-worth the item collecting made me feel like such a failure I had to shelve the game for my own wellness which really upsets me. I failed my character but the game was still beautiful and intriguing.

The boss fights can be difficult because you have to be fast and coordinated moving the character and brush around or I would recommend this for kids. I helped my kids fight the 1st boss and it was really easy.

If you are starting out new my two hints are to color at least a path you went so you know where you’ve been and either mark on tend map or keep a list of collectibles you couldn’t collect. There are characters that give hints but i still couldn’t complete them. There are guides that give you checklists I saw too late in my gameplay to use.

I usually enjoy puzzle games and walking sims and love to support Annapurna produced content. But I don’t think I finished this game - I need space on my hard drive so this got the boot to my external storage (and since you can’t play ps5 games that are on external storage it’ll be stuck for a while).

The game starts off pretty cute. The entire premise is watching a couples narrative unfold while uses a maquette to manipulate the size of various key items to drive the narrative forward.

The game is a bit abstract with the buildings and what they mean. Sometimes it seems like a place the couple lived but sometimes it looks like a rundown castle? The key items are also abstract and the connection between why you are using said item to unlock a memory doesn’t have any explanation or seem relevant- example the one level you use these different crystals but I don’t think there is any connection why you have those items - their usage is completely irrelevant to the story other than unlocking the next dialogue. For me this just made it a bit flat. I’d rather collect plants that had the same purpose and the plants tie into the memory. It felt like a big miss to conceptualize the memories.

I also felt some of the puzzles were glitchy / non responsive and some were so confusing - theres a rule that’s there is no rules. I definitely got to a point I broke my save file as I managed to break a door thinking I was solving the puzzle and when I looked up the guide on what to do I was just quite angry at the solve. I can’t say why without spoilers but I felt there was no explanation/ hint or anything on what you had to do to even get to the conclusion of the answer.

Prior to this I had about 2 hours lost in that one section and had to redo it and with the guide it took me maybe 10 minutes. That’s how complicated some of the puzzles are because you can’t always tell where you go next and you spend 20 min on a dead end only to retrace your steps.

The problem with this is you really lose the narrative if you follow a wrong lead to dead end. I forgot what the story told me by the time I finished the area the unlocking the maquette once it gets locked. And then I just lost interest and found the game to be draining to play.

I liked how Bryce Dallas-Howard and her husband did the voice acting they really did well voicing their affection for each other.

I just think the game could be more refined to help the flow so the puzzles can be complex but not hinder the narrative.

Quirky dialogue filled with puns and breaking the 4th wall. I don’t play many turned based rpgs but found there was little strategy needed. There are so many items and upgrades I struggled a bit in the clunky menus understanding what I was selecting and if I truly had the best items. Either way it’s not worth a lot of effort as the gameplay is only 3-4 hours. And there are several parts where you’re just reading what happened without it doing anything.

On sale for 5 bucks you can get an easy platinum in a single gameplay and chuckle a little over how weird the story and dialogue is. I think it wad worth it but not for anything more than that price.

I enjoy Cthulhu far more than I like Christmas so this might have been target more for someone like me. If we get a Cthulhu saves Halloween that would be my jam.

Also be sure to save often. I had some weird glitches that froze my gameplay and had to pretty much redo the entire last part all over again as it froze during my last boss.

Lackluster.

The game is made to be an interactive film - playthroughs are independent of each other with an overall completion status at the end of each play through.

As enticing as it may seem to find out how many things there are to uncover (15 endings!) they all fall so flat.

The binary choices feel pointless. Sometimes reading an email affects a choice but it’s rare. It’s so uncommon for Loralyn to adapt to what your actions are. For example - you may be able to find a piece of information that you read and then recall it later to affect the story. But most of the actions don’t give you an option to use to your advantage. Many options aren’t straightforward with choices seemingly irrelevant to what ends up happening to the characters. It makes it hard to recall what you did in previous play throughs because the narrative just does what it wants.

This is far from being a decision based game and definitely falls in the realm of interactive movie. It’s definitely not thrilling or horror it’s got minimal suspense and some mystery and that’s about it.

So many missed opportunities of building up lore and narrative because the game relies on having a linear and independent play through. Unlike other FMV that allow you to uncover information out of sequence and build up longer narratives and character development this is just a snippet of content that doesn’t hit the spot.

I played several times to platinum but had to use a guide for the last couple since I just couldn’t remember what my choices were on past plays throughs - the most confusing one involving Jacqueline since she literally had the exact scene at least two other play throughs I had but the trophy is looking for something particular I was missing how to get.

While I mentioned your actions really don’t affect Loralyns ability in decision making (ie - recall a previous action) - most choices do affect what comes next. choices will affect if an email can be read or if a character calls you which is weirdly annoying to try to figure out how to get things to reappear or if you are trying to uncover all of the story ( which I say just don’t even bother).

It feels chaotic and maybe that’s the point to hide any linear / clear choices - it hinders a pit of the replay value. Unless you have time to write down the choices and branch them out or you have a phenomenal memory the game does little to promote a completionist play through.

Many trophies pop mid story so there’s really only a few ending you even need to uncover from an achievement perspective. I think I uncovered maybe 5 endings (you can only see this information at the end of your play through there’s no other way to see it). You can track things like documents uncovered and your relationship status with characters but it’s entirely dependent on your current play through with no ability to see what you had in any other prior game. I had 0 benefit of these features. I never used them I looked it maybe once or twice but really it all meant nothing to me.

I wouldn’t pay more than 4 bucks for the game - if you are looking for a simple platinum then it’s definitely possible to get in under 4 hours.

I haven’t beaten but think I can give a fair review.


You get a small grouping of trivia questions to answer in a specific time frame. You answer by using letter tiles to spell out the answer.

There’s no extra tiles. You can earn different level of hints to help as you solve the questions and beat the “level”

While I genuinely couldn’t answer some of these puzzles - like the country themed food 🤷🏻‍♀️… overall the trivia was extremely repetitive. You’d get the same questions almost back to back in different groupings.

For instance - the music section had boomtown rats as 5 or 6 different answers. There’s mix of old trivia and new and definitely varies by topic. The US trivia was way too easy being about states or presidents. And there’s already a US states category. I’m sure the other countries will be challenging but I worry about repetitiveness still.

It looks like you have to complete every single trivia question to get the platinum too.

There are also a lot of grammar mistakes and glitches - there’s a question about p diddy that has an extra p which you cannot solve unless you use 10 hints to give the answer to force the game to recognize you have the answer.

The controls are way stupid too. I can’t understand why it’s so poorly designed. It does affect the gameplay.

I recommend working through the entire trivia sections you know well to build up hints for the sections that you can’t answer even with all the letters. I have over 1K with having music, US states and 40 some USA puzzles completed. And I definitely use hints and still have a nice bank.

The game will take a long time to platinum as there are 24 topics ranging from 20-64 levels and each level having 5 questions.

If you like trivia it’s not the worst but I’d rather hop onto Sporcle esp bc this just does not play well on ps5.

Edit: I’ve downgraded my rating significantly. There’s so many errors in the game. The sports category has the question “x sport is said to have started in this country” and the answers are all the sport that’s in the question and not the country. So many questions are direct repeats. So many are back to back the same answer. The general knowledge is a joke - 90% of the questions are about elements, top exports (most are petroleum) or biggest companies location (most are us).

None of the questions have been updated since Queen Elizabeth’s passing.

The Oceania and South America topics were embarrassingly bad.

Way more glitches than before. Letters will randomly disappear or duplicate or fall off the screen. Using hints sometimes breaks and won’t show you the Answer. And so many types and mistakes in the questions.

The worst thing is I’ve gotten used to not even reading the question I can just look at the letters bc these questions are so repetitive

I have 7 unplayed categories and 2 half done and have amassed almost 6K in hints. I don’t even try if the words are long 🫠.

Also 20 hours of game play and still quite a lot to complete (plus the daily challenge for 30 days) and only have 12/21 trophies. This is such a grind!

I genuinely sucked at this game. I tried twice and both times I died within 20 minutes if starting. And since you have to restart all the boring parts I haven’t been able to try again.

I seriously made my character too sad and he quit his job on the 1st play. And the second I made someone mad and accidentally selected dialogue to fight and got killed.

Considering how difficult it is to discern how the dialogue will affect you - like initiate a fight or affect your emotions I haven’t wanted to play again. If I could figure out how to save And didn’t have to restart every time I made a mistake I might try it again. It’s a bit of luck as you have dice they affect your character.

The graphics are cool. The dialogue was interesting. I also really liked the narrator and all the insight he gave to the story.

Tagging the game abandoned. Maybe once I clean up my backlog I’ll feel ready to give this game a go. If you haven’t played be wary of what you interact with and who you speak to.

Cute little puzzle game where you move cats around by rolling them to a bed. Levels get progressively harder but nothing challenging.

There’s maybe 25 or 30 levels so you can beat the game in 30 minutes or so.

It’s cute and is exactly what it says it is - roll the cat.

You can’t expect too much from a two dollar game. It plays like an app you can get on your phone for sure but with less levels and no stupid ads :)

Cute diner sim that’s a bit like diner dash style play. The art is cute. The premise is simple enough - nothing complicated with this game.

Some issues - it’s easy to get stuck on things like door ways and it’s hard to set things down or pick them up. This is just an annoyance if you are rushing and the physics are a bit funky.

I don’t think you can even fail a day; you can have good or bad days but there’s a tree of upgrades you work to unlock with money and that’s about it in terms of objectives.

Note the ps5 is broken and several of the trophies are glitched and still not working. I have almost everything done even just got the lemon tree but can’t get the trophies I’ve earned.

Hoping the developers and Sony fix this issue as the ps4 trophy system works. Shelved waiting to get the patch. If you are looking or get maybe go with the ps4 so you can get the platinum.

It’s a short party game with the goal of collecting flair for your dessert and have the highest points at the end.

I’ve only played locally and never had issues. The games are pretty cute. As you play you unlock new mini games and you vote for the location - sometimes you could be fighting in an area with crabs and other times it’s a pigeon popping all over the board.

There’s different types of games ranging from collecting the most items to timing to duking it out.

It’s pretty cute with the games fitting the bakery / dessert themes. It’s one on the rotation for the family and it’s a lot faster than Mario party and some other party games we have.

I played with kids ages 5-13 and they all had fun. Some of the games were tough on the youngest so I would say maybe 7+ would have fun with this one.

The concept of this FMV is pretty common - whodunit.

A single play through is fairly quick you can get pretty lucky with some guessing but it’s also interesting to see other endings knowing you are doing the “wrong one”

I feel like plot was trope after trope and I immediately guessed the would be killer and what the reason was before even hitting play.

I had fun working through the the dialogue - at first. Then it becomes a chore. It at least felt more random with which choice would spark the evidence and there’s a chance not getting evidence could still prove right for the next dialogue depending which characters you choose to interact with - finally unlocking evidence after missing would feel good and most of the evidence made you want to see where the accusations could go. Plus you can probably 100% in a single play through to add that accolade to your profile.

The skip function was complete garbage. It worked so poorly and you could skip choosing an answer so easily but you were forced to see the exact same sections every single time - and to complete the game I think I replayed it a dozen or so times (mostly from accidentally skipping the one main answer that immediately ends the game)

I think it would be fun to play with friends instead of watching a movie to help remember which things you’ve asked and when you talked to characters so it was less like to repeat a lot of the same things that didn’t advance the game.


Anyway worth the play through but I wish the characters weren’t all so repulsive and it was easier to skip things you have to see each play through and wish you had more of a chance to use unlocked evidence to question someone else - this triggered automatically and only a handful of times I remember it happening. Unlike other games that give you the option to use it. Would have been cool if people lied and you could use evidence to call them out and get more info. Overall though it’s worth the cost of a movie rental.

If you enjoy FMV games then this is worth the play through - especially if you find it on sale or through game pass/ps plus premium/ etc.

this game really makes you think about your internet safety and areas of morally gray decisions. It takes time to get used to staring at someone talking like it’s at you. So you feel invasive and uncomfortable. Especially some of the conversations.

The controls are pretty simple. The cursor snaps around to fields you can click if you use a controller and it feels odd if your not used to the cursor snapping back to a spot or jumping to a new one.

Some helpful hints for someone trying to get all trophies/ achievements. If you bookmark every video you can track how many you watched easily and there are lists online you can match up dates to see what you missed. You can also use the info ( “i” icon) too. There are 170 videos I had 169 in my info icon based off what I read online but missed one and had to search through everything to find - confirmed it shows 170 in the info field and I got the trophy (you have to sit through the unskippable end credits to get it to count so if miss any you’ll keep having to watch the ending and credits again). The good thing is if you miss one you go back to right before you download the videos.

I had to use a list of keywords to find some of the videos there’s just so many to find.

Some challenges - when you find a video it plays at the moment of a keyword. If you are interested in the storyline you have to slowly rewind there’s no way to start at the beginning of videos. This is annoying since you search based on keywords and there are videos that the last seconds start and you have to go back and watch it all.

It’s hard to follow because you are watching videos as you find them. Even using obviously signals like David’s facial hair of understand the timeline, it doesn’t fully help. The whole telling lies felt missing - because you’re skipping around it’s hard to catch the deceit to the right extent. I read a guide after completing and missing some of the events that happened which made me annoyed spending so much time finding all the videos. And I may have missed watching all the videos in their entirety which made it easy of miss it.

The searching is tedious the first part it was interesting but I kept forgetting keywords. My play style was to watch all 5 videos in my keyword search but that meant having to jot down other words I wanted to search later. I most often used the keyboard search function instead of the selection in the video because I didn’t want to rewatch the same videos and track down the word in the subtitle.

It might be better to play a different way but you’ll have to make a note of searches to repeat.

It would have been nice once you searched a keyword top the five videos were grouped together in a folder. You can see your history but you have to click through them all over again. I also think the videos should auto tag your keywords as you searched and they came up in the 5 viewable. The tagging feature is too much work. I only used it for the trophy and it’s a lot of work to add new ones, and assign them. And go go that for even 100 videos would double / triple play time.

It also would have been cool to offer an option to play all videos in chronological order especially if you found all of them. I’d be interested in seeing that. Maybe it’s on YouTube.

Anyway - I’m giving it a generous 3.5 stars for the story / acting / using FMV technique.