3 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 9.9 hrs on record (4.1 hrs at review time)
Posted: Jun 22, 2022 @ 12:30pm
Updated: Jun 22, 2022 @ 1:24pm

I was born in 1984 and have always enjoyed gameplay focused games. But you know what, in the last years, I've also enjoyed these kind of story-driven, choice-driven games, more akin to FMV games, like I remember the original "Night Trap" was. I think it started with the first Telltale "The Walking Dead Game". Anyway, I've tried a few of these for their lower price and promise that you can have a good experience in fewer hours than those increasingly grindy AAA games I supposedly love so much but keep finding I have less and less time for. All told, this one doesn't disappoint.

Yes, you can argue it's short, yes you can argue the footage could have been higher quality, like 4K crisper quality, but you know what? The premise is nice, the tension is there, the main characters magic is there (not telling anything specific for spoiler protection), so in the end, after 3 play sessions I find it very enjoyable even if some stuff could be better - especially on replaying, it would be nice to be able to get to a certain point instead of going all the way back to the beginning.

Still, this was very enjoyable as it is gripping and tense. For an FMV choice based game, can you really ask for more than for it to be engaging and keep you interested? I don't know you can in the face of so many other stuff on movies and TV that is just "droll, all that AGAIN!" that you've seen before. Sure, this feels like somewhat of a budget production, but it punches above its weight and the dynamic between the main characters together with the London "high stakes heist" made it very enjoyable to me - so I recommend it.

Feels like these are people trying to make something out of the movie business and learning in the process but they manage quite an engaging enjoyable project here, totally worth my time. In fact, I still could not manage my desired ending, so I'm going again for I REALLY WANT both main characters to have the perfect ending! (any movie that makes me care so much for the characters means it's good, right?) :)

Summary: very good chemistry between the main characters, made me totally feel like I was out for the mos insane journey, felt like I was less than half percentage smart as they were, stll very enjoyable.
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