ESC

Time to beat: ~4 hours (highly dependant on your reading speed) Lena's soundtrack is amazing, as any sane person would expect. The visuals beautifully accompany and enhance the story. It takes a bit of time for the story to really start, but stick around a bit. Before you know it, you feel like you're hanging out with your best friends that you've known your whole life. I won't spoil what happens next, but oh boy, does this game go totally wild! I know it's not for everyone. It's actually closer to reading a book than playing a game, unless you happen to play MUDs ;) Unique experience, story that makes you shiver, likeable and memorable characters. The less you know about the game before you play it, the better. Just... go play the game. It's 4€ and 4 hours.

This game should appear under the dictionary definition for "hidden gem"

Common Lena W! (My brain is too fried by what I just witnessed to put out a more coherent review, but the game's good, play it)

One of the most unique, deeply satisfying 2 and a half hours of my life. When I went into this game as a fan of Lena Raine's music in other games, I felt I would be surprised if someone so incredibly capable at composing was able to show similar expertise when it came to other, similarly difficult to master fields of game design and storytelling. The feelings of immersion of past technology combined with the idea of a strange, very possible future-present make for a deeply intriguing idea, which has been filled with the philosophy and inquiry anyone would expect from a Navigator of such a world. On the other hand, this information being filtered through the lenses of self-proclaimed rolyplaying nerds makes it deeply satisfying. Do yourself a favor and play through this wonderful, engaging experience.

Just finished playing, it's 2am, my bean is freaked. We creative writers need this sort of writing from video games every so often so we can keep ourselves insane. I love the cohesion, how everything folds back in on itself at some point. I already want to reread it all and notice all the connections. It gives me inspiration to write more myself. I don't think the music needs explicit praise because this is a game made by Lena Raine; you probably know it's good if you're here. But, well, as usual, it's also very smartly implemented. You'll probably have fun with the personality of the writing, too. It's crazy. And if you like metanarrative and use of form and framing devices, well, take my word for it, you'll love this. God I wish I knew people who have played this game. I need to gush somewhere. But not here because I need to get to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sleep already and dream about machbeasts and jungles and futuristic roleplay forums and ♥♥♥♥ before Big Tech siphons our dreams into Google Glass 2: Electric Boogaloo: The Actually Useful But Nevertheless Dystopian Mass-Produced Contraption.

This story, this game, is like nothing I've ever experienced before. The writing is outstanding. I just finished it, and I sit here not knowing what to think. The story just sits in my mind. Perhaps I'm making something more of it than was intended. Perhaps that was the intent. I won't continue any further as I will inevitably spoil something. Do yourself a favour and experience this firsthand. Don't spoil it for yourself by reading someone else's account of it.