The Space Between didn't land its ideas on me. I can see that it tries to elaborate a cryptic story about death and love. I can see the symbology that the curtains and the holes have. However, it just felt like a poor intent of build up an evocative story.
I started to play the game in Spanish and I had to close the game when I was amidst the 1st chapter to change the language because of how shitty the translation was. Once I finished doing that, I opened the game again and it turns out that it doesn't have save data, let alone a chapter selection. What a joke, as if the pace was fast enough to start quickly enough from the beginning again.
I ended up watching the rest of it on YouTube. I put the x2 speed and I felt asleep (no joke). Then, I tried to rewatch it and, even in x2 speed, it felt tedious and slow. For a game that only lasts 45 minutes, it truly felt longer than the film Out 1.
Beyond the terrible pace of the story, it doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be as bad as its pace, right? Haha, I wish. The game felt like "I'm 13 and this is deep". The gimmick of displaying the text slowly and making the character to move slowly tries to make the game feel more disturbing than it actually is. The mixing between the conversations and the slow elements make an artificial experience that doesn't feel personal to me. The idea exposed at the very beginning caught my attention, but I don't see how it relates to the development of the plot at all. It wound up feeling like an insipid and pointless experience to me, with nothing interesting to say or show.
The scattered plot development didn't feel adequate. I don't understand the relation between the girl and Martin. Actually, I don't know why the girl is relevant to the plot at all.
I have to say that I liked the reflection on the actors and the public. The PSX graphics are neat and the ambient music is generic but fits the atmosphere of the game.
Overall, I think that this game is hit or miss. Obviously, it wasn't made for me and my experience with it felt rather a burden than an enjoyable experience.
I started to play the game in Spanish and I had to close the game when I was amidst the 1st chapter to change the language because of how shitty the translation was. Once I finished doing that, I opened the game again and it turns out that it doesn't have save data, let alone a chapter selection. What a joke, as if the pace was fast enough to start quickly enough from the beginning again.
I ended up watching the rest of it on YouTube. I put the x2 speed and I felt asleep (no joke). Then, I tried to rewatch it and, even in x2 speed, it felt tedious and slow. For a game that only lasts 45 minutes, it truly felt longer than the film Out 1.
Beyond the terrible pace of the story, it doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be as bad as its pace, right? Haha, I wish. The game felt like "I'm 13 and this is deep". The gimmick of displaying the text slowly and making the character to move slowly tries to make the game feel more disturbing than it actually is. The mixing between the conversations and the slow elements make an artificial experience that doesn't feel personal to me. The idea exposed at the very beginning caught my attention, but I don't see how it relates to the development of the plot at all. It wound up feeling like an insipid and pointless experience to me, with nothing interesting to say or show.
The scattered plot development didn't feel adequate. I don't understand the relation between the girl and Martin. Actually, I don't know why the girl is relevant to the plot at all.
I have to say that I liked the reflection on the actors and the public. The PSX graphics are neat and the ambient music is generic but fits the atmosphere of the game.
Overall, I think that this game is hit or miss. Obviously, it wasn't made for me and my experience with it felt rather a burden than an enjoyable experience.