Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo is a 10-hour interactive movie that truly shines through its story rather than its gameplay. I found the premise genuinely interesting. You experience the story from three different perspectives, each bringing you closer to the truth. As Ed Miller, you're a man suffering from the trauma of a past car accident in which he claims to have lost his family. Years later he appears to be reliving the same nightmare all over again. As Dr. Julia Lomas, Ed's psychiatrist, you try to help him overcome his trauma while investigating his memories. Are the things he remembers actually true or has his mind unconsciously rewritten them to protect him? And as Sheriff Nick Reyes, you investigate the present day accident and try to determine whether it is connected to Ed's past accident. The details seem eerily similar, except for one thing. A woman named Faye was supposed to have died in the accident, yet her body is nowhere to be found. Is she nothing more than a figment of Ed's imagination? Is he truly losing his mind? Or...? However, the game does have some undeniable rough edges, particularly during the first half. Some interactions such as examining objects can feel painfully slow and there are even scenes you're forced to watch again despite having already seen essentially the same sequence. These issues can certainly be frustrating but personally they never overshadowed the story for me. Overall, if you can look past its rough edges and you're a fan of psychological mysteries and interactive movies, I think Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo is worth giving a chance.

It's a slow-paced mildly intriguing visual novella. I played it to decompress after a long day, because it doesn't require quick thinking or making tough decisions (though it gets darker as you progress). You just go with the story. If you need something more interactive - that game isn't it.

Este pelijuego con cuidada dirección y fotografía clásica, junto a su ambientación y banda sonora típica del mítico director, es un maravilloso tributo a Hitchock. Vertigo se toma sus licencias respecto a la película original, pero es una adaptación muy buena. El juego es una historia narrativa contada através de los sucesos y los personajes, ampliando el lore y adentrándose mejor en explicar la psique de cada personaje. La elección del uso de flashbacks y su sucesión, así como el intercambio entre los controles de personajes me parece más que correcta y la historia como tal es rica y potente y te mantiene el interés hasta el final. En alguna ocasión puntual el ritmo se ve frenado por la jugabilidad, pero a mi parecer es algo anecdótico. Qué el juego esté doblado es otro punto a favor. Mis aplausos ya que he disfrutado de la experiencia. Y mi recomendación para los amantes de los clásicos, Hitchcock, historias narrativas de suspense etc. A jugar!!

Pretty good adventure game. Much in the style of Telltale games, in that it's episodic and some of the interactions are very much that style of game. The story is good, a nice little mystery. Only issues I ran into were the voice audio sometimes will cut down significantly to where it sounds like the characters are far away. Highly recommend playing with subtitles on for this reason so you don't miss any of the voiced lines. Only other issue I have is that some of the psychology is wrong. I'm not a psychologist or anything, but some of what is quoted in the game is stuff that is very outdated and the game takes place in modern times so it maybe could have used some better research by the writers.

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👎 Main character was a douchebag.

The story is really amazing and got me hooked for 12 hours straight - The characters movement was a little bit meh but overall I liked the game very much