The 25th Ward is a game about people, and what it means to be a person. Is a person their past? Do emotions make a person? Are people just data in a computer? If you are dead, are you still a person?
Each question, each person, is given time to shine, though the excellent character writing and visual style of the game. For a game that's mostly text and still images on screen, the gravity and presence each character has is incredible. Everyone, even minor characters feel like a person, living in a city that slowly drains personality.
While the game may be about 'Kill the Life,' it feels like one of the most alive games I've ever played. The city often feels like a person in itself. That is because The 25th Ward is a master at character and scenario; doing both so well, it allows the player to feel like an observer in a still image.
Each question, each person, is given time to shine, though the excellent character writing and visual style of the game. For a game that's mostly text and still images on screen, the gravity and presence each character has is incredible. Everyone, even minor characters feel like a person, living in a city that slowly drains personality.
While the game may be about 'Kill the Life,' it feels like one of the most alive games I've ever played. The city often feels like a person in itself. That is because The 25th Ward is a master at character and scenario; doing both so well, it allows the player to feel like an observer in a still image.