A totally okay proof-of-concept, but a poor standalone work.
I Am Alive has just enough going on artistically to maybe warrant a playthrough, but you'll see everything it has to offer by the halfway point, which is unfortunate when the game is only about 4 hours long. Everything it tries to accomplish, from gameplay to narrative, feels half-baked and by the numbers; taking what it can from other works without the depth that made those memorable or confronting in the first place. The Road, this is not, even if it desperately wishes it was.
I Am Alive has just enough going on artistically to maybe warrant a playthrough, but you'll see everything it has to offer by the halfway point, which is unfortunate when the game is only about 4 hours long. Everything it tries to accomplish, from gameplay to narrative, feels half-baked and by the numbers; taking what it can from other works without the depth that made those memorable or confronting in the first place. The Road, this is not, even if it desperately wishes it was.