Interference: Dead Air

It's a fun little game! Extremely good vibes, I had a lot of fun doing word searches while maybe some people died of neurotoxins. Perfect for a nice evening, settle in with your briskuits and taytoe skins, and you'll have a good time helping your old friend not die maybe, and make at least one new one (more if you count the booth plants and pigeon, which I do).

vhs tapes are decent =w=

Good

Game's pretty good. Very short. Get it on sale, $15 is a lot for such a short game.

I really hate that I have to give this a negative. There needs to be a "Neutral", Steam. Just do a flat hand, sideways thumb, or something and put "Meh". I have a two personal rules (maybe more I don't think about) when I choose to buy games now: [b]1) I have to play the game soon after I buy it.[/b] Managed. [b]2) It's a game I think I'll get 1 hour of meaningful/enjoyable gameplay per $1 spent.[/b] I got this on a sale for $6 and I'm sad to say I'm probably not going to manage 6 hours of gameplay. I overestimated how much this game would likely deliver. [h1] This review has spoilers and I'm not sure what to mark because most are mild, so I'm just going to warn you now with a heading to just stop reading my review here if you actually want to play the game. [/h1] Other reviewers cover well how little there actually is despite how much there seems to be. I can open the guard gate, but why? I don't actually do my job or have a relevant use for it at any point. I am 3.5 hours in and I very casually completed 3 endings of what I assume are 4 or 5. I've explored a vast majority of what's in the booth (probably 95-99%). I think it says a lot that there's an achievement to get 25 baskets and I expected it was one, if there were an achievement. How would you casually get that many baskets in this short of a game? I went to check mine just to see if I missed something because I felt like I almost completely finished the game, and I missed a couple basic things that will probably be finished in the last(?) playthrough. Why do I have keys to things I can't even get to? It just feels like the devs had ideas and then abandoned them. Where do I start with Valerie? My first problem with the writing is that I can't relate to it, so I can't really say how harsh I can reasonably be with it. I would never avoid telling a close friend I was moving. The whole time she's being a ♥♥♥♥♥ to me, guilt tripping me, and just being generally unreasonable, I'm thinking "I'd never do that." and it just kills the immersion and it makes her seem even worse than she already is. This feels like she's my girlfriend in some toxic relationship where she's trying to control me and make me feel like everything is my fault and gaslighting me into thinking I'm a horrible person. This doesn't at all feel like a friend. She's a love interest or was in the past. Otherwise, she really needs therapy. To be fair to whomever wrote her dialog, there are a couple good moments when you're sarcastic/sassy. I just generally hated it and the fact the entire story wraps around her isn't great for anyone's overall impression of the game. The writing isn't very deep either, as I got the good ending without even trying. You'd think resolving differences with someone this thick-headed would be harder. I didn't even give her time to think when she asked for it, which I'd think would just completely ruin her trust. The other issue I have with the writing is that a lot of the choices don't change the outcomes/dialog. e.g. I sarcastically suggest they line up to die to the killer alien and what do they do? Ignore me and give the default dialog. Do I regret buying this? Not really, but I didn't pay full retail. It's a cool experience for the most part. It's just really disappointing how little actual substance there is to it. I can't recommend this for $15. I feel like I paid $6 for a $3 game. Based on comments I read, I guess it's the dev's first game, and I assume it's a small indie team so I get why there'd be places it lacks and can't live up to the bigger studios. At the same time, I've seen solo dev games beat out AAA games for content and quality, so it can't be an excuse/crutch. You can always limit the scope and price if your vision for the game is beyond what you can reasonably do. I hope they add more to the game and don't abandon it. I'd swap this to positive if they did and it made the game live up to the potential it had--if I could easily pour 15 hours into it, I could likely recommend it. I understand, though, if they don't do more than minor bug fixes and the like. It'd take a lot of work to get it where it can live up to that price tag.

It has a certain vibe to it but ends way too soon. I wish they made a longer, more intricate version or preferably built upon this version and expanded it with a DLC or something (which I will buy and prolly change this one into a positive review). (Turned it into a good review, because I felt bad and the Dev was really nice. I really hope they release more content. This vibe is unique!)

This game is really fantastic! I played this on the SteamDeck, where it runs great by the way (got many of the achievements too on the SteamDeck). It is graphically really well done, I felt some of the puzzle pieces were too well hidden, but great to find your way through these though. Very ambient sounds and music, and the voice acting is phenomenal. I still haven't been able to fully help my friend, but I will eventually get there, I hope! If you are on the fence, I can only say, get this game, it is wonderful.

Nice little game, although quite short, and there's not much replayability, except for achievement collectors, I guess. Since you spend all your time in a 3x3 meters guard booth don't expect breathtaking visuals, but the graphics are nice enough. Voice acting is superb, music is only some synth-pop from a beaten-up radio (with a just-a-little-bit-creepy DJ), so the atmosphere is nice too. Oh, you can watch a part of some old movie, too. Originally I gave a thumbs down though, because what happened during my first run just seemed ... totally unfair. Trying to avoid spoilers, but here's an advice that can save you from some frustration: you (and Valerie) don't have all the time in the world, so don't lead her on a sightseeing tour, [spoiler]just head to the closest exit (except the one mentioned being not exactly safe) on the shortest path available[/spoiler] .