this game really spoke to me. because i talk to myself.

Pros: Fascinating usage of skills and experience points. Interesting lead character. Solid atmosphere. Good length. ---------- Cons: Lack of obvious alternative solutions in some cases promotes "save scumming", overwhelming amount of dialogue, abrupt and mediocre ending.

Lame communist game, but it happens to have good writing, good world building, good characters and a good story.

A masterpiece in game development and RPGs. Everyone should give this game an honest go because I seriously doubt there will ever be anything like it again

Ein Game, was mich dermaßen an meine Nutzlosigkeit als Mensch erinnerte. Jeder Zugang, der in der Spielwelt ermöglicht wird, bildet die Genese einer väterlichen Stimme, die begleitend irgendeinen Sinneszusammenhang im Wirwarr des Seins herzustellen versucht. Die Erzählerstimme, Sanfthaftheit des Erzengels und Spitzzüngigkeit des Lucifers vereint in einer Entität, ist der Grund, was mich vom Prinzip des Spieles überzeugte.

near perfect

Buggy (the final cut), some good writing but not always, kinda bad gameplay, very very long. A disappointment.

This game is one of the best games ever made. It is a masterpiece. Every aspect of it is created perfectly. It has some of if not the best voice acting in any video game, it has one of the best soundtracks. It has beautiful art design and a very specific aesthetic that it is going for and succeeds in. Its dialogue is very well written, both whimsical and serious, and its characters are all engaging. I replay it at least once per year

Simply one of the finest written works of art in any medium

Kurvitz is an avid fan of roleplaying books and it shows. Kurvitz also has a pretty basic grasp on concepts like libertarianism and it shows, too. He sorta tries not to favor one over the other, but falls into the usual traps (capitalism is about money, communism is about people etc.). If you don't give a fuck either way, it's a nice enough visual novel with somewhat complex choices, but i'm not sure how this college level existentialist-noir-fiction is a masterpiece.

Ideology Simulator.

Maybe the best game I have ever played.

#3 Best by Average Percentile on Criticker

I’ve only played two days so far and I already know this is going to be extremely high up in my list of all-time faves

Quite honestly: the greatest step game development has taken during my lifetime thus far. Leverages equal parts incredible writing and ingenious awareness of the medium to create something truly special. Recommend to anybody, especially those with a serious interest in games or contemporary literature as a whole.

The most novelistic game that I have ever played by a mile. A common criticism is that the narrative is pretty linear, with one path for events to take with minor variations; I agree. DE is not that kind of RPG and isn't trying to be. I call it "novelistic" because the game systems are all meant to represent the subjective experiences of the protagonist, his thoughts and feelings. It is as stream of consciousness narrative that it excels.

Best written game. Clever writing like this doesn't exist anywhere else in the medium. What dragged the score down for me is that I'm just not into point and click adventures at all, so it's amazing how patient I managed to remain throughout the experience. I don't dig the style of the universe much, I didn't know how to get the most out of the thought cabinet, and by the end I just really wanted the game to end. It also didn't make me laugh out loud as much as I was lead to believe it would.

Possibly the best-written game I've ever played, surpassing even the Lucasfilm franchises of yore; its hand-drawn modernist visuals also excel. The marketing is a bit misleading, as this isn't a full-fledged RPG by any stretch - it's a point-and-click adventure with skill checks, and a bit of leeway in how you represent the protagonist in dialogue (for example, you can roleplay his political ideology and the game takes note of that). If you're an avid reader you'll finish this in a few days.

çok yürütüyor, çok okutuyor. iyi bir senaryosu var gibi görünmesine rağmen bıkkınlık getirdi.

this is like playing a tabletop rpg game with best dm possible. it never stops being creative and astonishing. its already a cult classic.

An absolutely brilliant game boasting genuinely hilarious dialog while at the same time offering phenomenal world building and prose. The use of politics is genuinely clever, lampshading the ridiculousness of fervent ideologies while at the same time acknowledging why people value these ways of thinking. Even the RPG mechanics blend wonderfully with the game's writing - it's actually enjoyable to fail speech checks as those failures evolve the experience in its own unique way.

Text, text, text. Slow walking, slow walking, slow walking. Where the fuck do I go? - This game summarised

Thoroughly enjoyable. Great writing, artwork and background world. Intellectual without crossing into pretentious. The way character builds effect how situations can be resolved allows for genuine role playing with differing experiences on different playthroughs.

I loved this game so much. It's such an interesting role-playing experience, with so many options, loved the character traits and the thought catalog and the world is phenomenal. And it makes you live some extremely potent moments that have to deal with violence that nearly broke me. Which I loved. It's the kind of game where you shouldn't load and try again... Because the story you create is the story you have, why change it? Maybe my new favorite ever.

This was ana amazingly complex experience for such a simple genre. The dialogue is 100/100. Never seen anything quite like it.