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by dragonfax 591 days ago
Its a prequel to the novel actually. But I don't think the advertising makes that apparent enough.

Its a walking simulator for the most part. (For those that know what that means) Think of it as a journey you take part it. But there are a few choices you can make to change a bit of who dies, and a affect a slight change in the ending.

I enjoyed it thorougly. And felt it was a great representation of the retrofuturistic world the book presented, and stayed mostly in the style of that era.

2 comments

May I ask that you please add a spoiler warning? :)
The spoiler is that non-zero characters die? Or did they edit their post?
Now you made that a spoiler, and a really easy one to catch the eye. Why?
It was already very obvious, so I don't take responsibility for that. But I remain unsure that's what foggyToads was talking about, since it's such a very silly "spoiler" to complain about, and I like to think better of people than that.
Knowing anyone dies would be a spoiler, no?
Technically, in that it reveals non-zero bits about the ending, but really it would be more surprising if no one died, given conventional story telling in that kind of setting.
Knowing nothing about the game besides that website, I assumed from the pic that a non-zero amount of characters die.
The site for the game shows the skull of a human inside of a helmet.

Suggesting that your choices will impact who dies in the game is about as much a spoiler as knowing you shoot guns in Call of Duty.

Frankly, if you don't want to risk reading spoilers, don't engage in conversations about the medium at risk of being spoiled for you.

I think the "walking simulator" format sounds fitting here