Liked:
- This was pretty much a standard crime drama about a family on the run, but I think the execution was done well enough to be engaging and have tension with all its choices. Most of the characters are decently fleshed out with their flashback scenes and the voice acting was solid overall (some weaker than others though)
- It actually has a pretty good amount of story branching. There’s a flowchart to follow the pathing for every decision, and while most were just minor changes some can make a bigger impact than they seemed
Mixed:
- The art style. This was what turned me off from the trailers, the use of realistic stills in motion was jarring and initially gave the impression that this was some low budget FMV game. But having played it, I guess it wasn’t as bothering as it looked once I got used to it. It does make the presentation more distinct than it might have been otherwise, though I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the most divisive thing about it
- While decisions do seem to carry a lot of weight across the story, it’s still more or less the illusion of choice as these games tend to be. All paths will end up at the same story beats, just with a lot of variations for the chapter leading up to them
Disliked:
- The QTEs were basic to the point where they didn’t need to be in this at all
- Another game where you have to drag a cursor around instead of using the menu. Was made worse by how sluggish it felt to move cause of input lag
- There’s no way to skip or fast-forward through scenes, which made going back to see other choices a bit annoying
- The last scene leaving on a cliffhanger was kinda weak, seemed like it was just there to abruptly set up a sequel
- This was pretty much a standard crime drama about a family on the run, but I think the execution was done well enough to be engaging and have tension with all its choices. Most of the characters are decently fleshed out with their flashback scenes and the voice acting was solid overall (some weaker than others though)
- It actually has a pretty good amount of story branching. There’s a flowchart to follow the pathing for every decision, and while most were just minor changes some can make a bigger impact than they seemed
Mixed:
- The art style. This was what turned me off from the trailers, the use of realistic stills in motion was jarring and initially gave the impression that this was some low budget FMV game. But having played it, I guess it wasn’t as bothering as it looked once I got used to it. It does make the presentation more distinct than it might have been otherwise, though I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the most divisive thing about it
- While decisions do seem to carry a lot of weight across the story, it’s still more or less the illusion of choice as these games tend to be. All paths will end up at the same story beats, just with a lot of variations for the chapter leading up to them
Disliked:
- The QTEs were basic to the point where they didn’t need to be in this at all
- Another game where you have to drag a cursor around instead of using the menu. Was made worse by how sluggish it felt to move cause of input lag
- There’s no way to skip or fast-forward through scenes, which made going back to see other choices a bit annoying
- The last scene leaving on a cliffhanger was kinda weak, seemed like it was just there to abruptly set up a sequel