a game that has so much to say but ultimately, says nothing
the mechanics are fun! even in the easiest difficulty, there is some difficulty that keeps you on your toes. Some of the segments were picky on the cameras and the musical bits were nonsensical but it was really a delight to fiddle around with.
the story...the complexities they tried to take tackle at times feel...misconceived. one thing the game gets right: major news networks must be neutral. you do need to show both sides and in a country like (Not) Britain and United States, this is a problem. i do believe you need to show facts, not one side over the other, and that was expressed in my gameplay. But the politics of the game is so painfully centrist it made me roll my eyes more times or laugh that I thought it would.
despite on your politics in real life, making both sides of this games conflict so cartoonishly backwards in their respected camps just really kills the underlining conversations to be had on their actions and what they believe in. Maybe that is the point, and the satirical British writing falls short on me, but it just was more grating to me than intriguing. But there are moments of true genuinity, true writing chops were I'm sitting there like, "Why cant MOST of this game be like this." (also at some point the game really tried to push "not all rich people are evil" and i sat at my desk laughing for a few minutes in a call).
I just...I dont know. I dont hate the game, nor do I like it. It's hard to pin point my exact feelings, but it is certainly an intriguing game. I do see myself playing it in the future to see what would happen in the other endings.
One thing though, the amount of LGBT rep made me smile a lot.
the mechanics are fun! even in the easiest difficulty, there is some difficulty that keeps you on your toes. Some of the segments were picky on the cameras and the musical bits were nonsensical but it was really a delight to fiddle around with.
the story...the complexities they tried to take tackle at times feel...misconceived. one thing the game gets right: major news networks must be neutral. you do need to show both sides and in a country like (Not) Britain and United States, this is a problem. i do believe you need to show facts, not one side over the other, and that was expressed in my gameplay. But the politics of the game is so painfully centrist it made me roll my eyes more times or laugh that I thought it would.
despite on your politics in real life, making both sides of this games conflict so cartoonishly backwards in their respected camps just really kills the underlining conversations to be had on their actions and what they believe in. Maybe that is the point, and the satirical British writing falls short on me, but it just was more grating to me than intriguing. But there are moments of true genuinity, true writing chops were I'm sitting there like, "Why cant MOST of this game be like this." (also at some point the game really tried to push "not all rich people are evil" and i sat at my desk laughing for a few minutes in a call).
I just...I dont know. I dont hate the game, nor do I like it. It's hard to pin point my exact feelings, but it is certainly an intriguing game. I do see myself playing it in the future to see what would happen in the other endings.
One thing though, the amount of LGBT rep made me smile a lot.