joshwang13
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i'm gay and i suck at video games but i also love to have fun
PS5 | Switch | Apple Arcade
i'm gay and i suck at video games but i also love to have fun
PS5 | Switch | Apple Arcade
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A puzzle game with both great puzzles and stupid, frustrating ones in equal amounts. I give it 3.5 stars though because there was a lot here that I tend to like in games: first-person perspective, emotional story, voice acting, cinematic music, the Lovecraftian bend to it. Don’t get me wrong - there was tons I hated (the slow walking speed!!!) but overall I enjoyed my time with this.
Pros:
- decently engaging plot
- I always love when a more narrative type game like this has voice acting because it feels cinematic. I bought this game because I love Rear Window so much.
Cons:
- terrible gameplay at times e.g. you just point another character where to "hide" in the open plaza or you just wait for time to pass. it felt like a chore to play sometimes
- this is maybe the same point as above, but this had lazy storytelling in my opinion. I understand the whole point is your limited pov, but it felt like the creators approached this simply as an obstacle instead of having fun with the concept. like the game is never as thrilling as it thinks it is. maybe my issue is it feeds info to the player too easily??
- the plaza you're overlooking often feels lifeless. the thrill of a film like Rear Window was how alive the community felt and the voyeurism in that. here, the plaza always had the same like 4 characters just standing there. there wasn't traffic. most windows went unused.
not sure i'm articulating myself well but tl;dr the premise and voice acting are kind of cool but I wish more was done with the limited pov because it's such a cool idea
- decently engaging plot
- I always love when a more narrative type game like this has voice acting because it feels cinematic. I bought this game because I love Rear Window so much.
Cons:
- terrible gameplay at times e.g. you just point another character where to "hide" in the open plaza or you just wait for time to pass. it felt like a chore to play sometimes
- this is maybe the same point as above, but this had lazy storytelling in my opinion. I understand the whole point is your limited pov, but it felt like the creators approached this simply as an obstacle instead of having fun with the concept. like the game is never as thrilling as it thinks it is. maybe my issue is it feeds info to the player too easily??
- the plaza you're overlooking often feels lifeless. the thrill of a film like Rear Window was how alive the community felt and the voyeurism in that. here, the plaza always had the same like 4 characters just standing there. there wasn't traffic. most windows went unused.
not sure i'm articulating myself well but tl;dr the premise and voice acting are kind of cool but I wish more was done with the limited pov because it's such a cool idea
this was so insane I loved every second of it and i'm so glad I came into it blind. my favorite part is the love of storytelling that comes across so clearly. but my main complaint (semi-joking) is why did the first act have to be that hard huh? I legit played maybe 8 hours just trying to get through the first act. I then rage quit and left this game alone for like 2 weeks. then I came back to it, finally beat act 1, and sped through acts 2 and 3. i'm dumb and easily confused by card games - have mercy on me