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++++ this is a rare game whose story makes excellent usage of its medium. the story cannot be delivered with the same amount of power without the mechanics that are provided by video games.

+++ at some point throughout the game, your investigation shifts from the predetermined goal of solving the murder case, to understanding the story due to personal curiosity. this is executed brilliantly, and lends particularity well to the open ending of the game.

- the search mechanic is unintuitive (no searches on metadata) because it doesn't function as proper search engines do. because of this, the difficulty seems a bit artifical at times.

-- there are effectively two parts to the story: but the first is boring and the second is contrived.

-- a corollary of above: its hard to care about most of the characters because of the lame story.

-- for a game that mostly consists of watching interviews, the acting is quite bad. it doesn't fell like the actor has put effort into immersing herself into the role of her character, so her performance and delivery doesn't feel genuine at all. sometimes its hard to tell if her poor acting is intentional (because her character is lying) or just because.

A very interesting game that is critically flawed because of the of the poor content that the game mechanics heavily depends on.

6.5/10

would recommended if: you like story rich games, you are open to unusual game mechanics that aren't FUN, you really like Memento,

-MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD- ++++ this is a rare game whose story makes excellent usage of its medium. the story cannot be delivered with the same amount of power without the mechanics that are provided by video games. +++ at some point throughout the game, your investigation shifts from the predetermined goal of solving the murder case, to understanding the story due to personal curiosity. this is executed brilliantly, and lends particularity well to the open ending of the game. - the search mechanic is unintuitive (no searches on metadata) because it doesn't function as proper search engines do. because of this, the difficulty seems a bit artifical at times. -- there are effectively two parts to the story: but the first is boring and the second is contrived. -- a corollary of above: its hard to care about most of the characters because of the lame story. -- for a game that mostly consists of watching interviews, the acting is quite bad. it doesn't fell like the actor has put effort into immersing herself into the role of her character, so her performance and delivery doesn't feel genuine at all. sometimes its hard to tell if her poor acting is intentional (because her character is lying) or just because. A very interesting game that is critically flawed because of the of the poor content that the game mechanics heavily depends on. 6.5/10 would recommended if: you like story rich games, you are open to unusual game mechanics that aren't FUN, you [i] really [/i] like Memento,