Can someone explain what I'm missing? I've heard great things about this game and I've made it to the point where Edward gets a big office. But I'm not seeing why I should continue aside from "it's got good reviews." Admittedly, it just might not be a game for me. But what do people like about the game?
- Edward has no redeeming qualities. And he goes downhill from there. As I said, I'm at the point where he gets a promotion. And I don't care because he really didn't earn it. Elsa engineered it.
- Elsa is going to fuck him over in the end. She's told him many times he can't trust anyone. I'm sure her motivation will be a stunning reveal, if I make it that far. Elsa is apparently a 22 year old woman playing 3D chess against seasoned corporate bigwigs playing checkers and she happens to know the owner of an American Oil Company? WTF? Why am I supposed to accept this before "getting to the good part." At least she's named after an ice queen.
- Annie is pretty. If she ever does fall for Edward, I can't see it making any sense at all. And I'm not sure why I should care. She's snobby and unaware of how real life works for real people, like the daughter of Lord "should" be.
- Tommy is almost the most normal person in the story. Tommy.
- Lucy shouldn't just stop talking to Edward. She should move away when Edward starts "downsizing" his furniture. Because obviously he's just a step or two away from a serial killer at that point.
- I expected Zoe (and her friend) to not disappear after a little ways into the story.
- Emma is a caricature. Maybe there's more interesting stuff to come from her. But again, why am I going to keep going to find out?
- People talk about the story telling but... There's a lot of info dumps that are long sequences of hitting space bar for twenty minutes. Some of the silent story telling is interesting, but even those sequences last too long.
- There aren't a lot of decisions to be make and too many of them seem like they don't do anything (you scroll back and there a few pieces of dialog that differ before it converges again). Maybe they do stuff under they hood, but that's not visible to the player and if there are under the hood matters, they have no visibility to the player.
So what am I missing?
Oh, and who's the woman on the right in the game's splash page? The Browns are on the left. Edward and Elsa are in the middle. No idea who the one on the right is supposed to be.
I think your evaluation is pretty valid.
In short: I think the author has just never told a story before. He had an idea and just ran with it to try and make some money.
yes, MC is a loser. you tried to be nice about it but lets be real.
Elsa: spot on, she's just using you.
I cant stand the neighbor. she's the girl your friends were talking about when they told you not to stick your dick in crazy.
the obsession with Alice is really creepy.
I enjoyed most of the story so far, but that doesnt mean I thought it was 'good'.
to answer your question: my interest now is just wanting to see if he manages to salvage it, I get the feeling he's out of ideas and just going to churn until it gets the DOA tag. I could be wrong, but we'll see.
