Aside from the typical, excruciatingly slow movement of Dontnod game characters, Tell Me Why's story feels more like a story that would have been better told as a book / movie / mini-series.
It just doesn't have the same game element, or 'hook', as LiS (i.e. I don't think twin telepathy as they accidentally uncover the truth behind their mom's death — where the player mostly interacts with the characters' surroundings to go through their junk and "remember" stuff — is in the same level as kids with unexplained destructive powers) or other similar games like ones by Telltale.
Sure, it has some cute moments that made me giggle and some sad ones that made me tear up a bit, but a few sprinkled here and there (approximate) a 3-hour-long chapter doesn't feel worth it. I'd like to think I'm not exaggerating with this, because the fact that I could use my phone or laptop while "playing" this says a lot.
It just doesn't have the same game element, or 'hook', as LiS (i.e. I don't think twin telepathy as they accidentally uncover the truth behind their mom's death — where the player mostly interacts with the characters' surroundings to go through their junk and "remember" stuff — is in the same level as kids with unexplained destructive powers) or other similar games like ones by Telltale.
Sure, it has some cute moments that made me giggle and some sad ones that made me tear up a bit, but a few sprinkled here and there (approximate) a 3-hour-long chapter doesn't feel worth it. I'd like to think I'm not exaggerating with this, because the fact that I could use my phone or laptop while "playing" this says a lot.
GymbeanNZ
2 years ago