Benjamin Rivers

I was really intrigued from the get-go, drawn into the mystery of what the hell is going on--immediately, unfortunately, a lingering suspicion on the story's outcome came, and clue after clue seemed to point to the same conclusion, which at about the two-thirds point caused the game to become a bit tiresome. And then the ending happened, and I was told to choose how it ended, what all the clues meant....It's not a prospect I found attractive in execution, and ruined much of the story for me. (N.B. Most clues pointed to the ending I figured, and one you'll likely see, as well, but there are some contradictory suggestions that point elsewhere...but they all feel like red herrings (unless I was following the red herrings all along!!!! (then again I choose the ending so whatever)).)

In regards to gameplay, it does as promised. Play in the dark, put on those headphones, turn the volume up: Best way to enjoy this game. It's not scary, outright, but when things go ~thump~ they really get you. Sound and score are used exceptionally.

It's worth the buck I paid and the hour I spent, but the game has its failings, and those failings lie in its storytelling: Ambitious, but unmet, I feel.… (más)

Great art, but limited plot (a "slice of life" storyline). A young woman from Toronto seems pretty set in her ways, but starts to encounter a series of random and disturbing events. She breaks character a few times, but by the end of the story, we're not sure if she's really changed her personality. The art is a cartoony realism, a little more realistic than fellow Canadian artist Bryan Lee O'Malley (of Scott Pilgrim fame). The characters have minimal features, but each is different enough to distinguish. The backgrounds range from sparse to "creatively filled" with a few inside jokes hidden within. If grading just the art, this is a four-star book, but the lack of any real ending forces me to rate this below average.

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LT Haiku:

Snowy Toronto
with recession and random
violence (and more snow).… (más)