Firstly: VANESSA BEST GIRL! It's really amazing how well written she is, a rebel who wants to escape your boring life without being annoying about it, intelligent without being stuck up.

Now, if anyone has ignored the spoiler warning and is skimming reviews to decide whether to play this, stop. Just play it, the story and characters are so well written with so many branching choices and endings it's amazing. I got a relatively good ending (4 main characters dead, of which 2 deaths were preventable) and am already planning another playthrough.

I would give it 5 stars except for the inevitable problem of the summarised one-line choices not always being of the tone you expected and one specific death making little sense and being a bit contrived (if Vince is taken hostage in the truck, doesn't escape and is stuck inside during the crash he dies whereas if the same happens for Zoe she doesn't). Still, one of the best story driven games I've ever played.