Second Thoughts

I don't know if I'm just the wrong type of person for this game, but I didn't really like it. The concept interested me a lot, but in practice it was just a lot of menu clicking and reading. A lot of the info you get is irrelevant or not super interesting, and I feel like I was just waiting until the final section of info got revealed, which basically tells you everything and can completely turn your decisions on their head. Still, for $3 I did enjoy it for what it was, and found the stories relatively interesting, until it got to the end of the first section, [spoiler] which is essentially a lecture about not treating people badly when you don't know much about them. The game obviously thinks it is very important and meaningful, (at least enough to sit on a high horse and talk down at the player about their choices) but in practice I wasn't super moved by anything. I felt things, for sure, but I wouldn't consider it a huge emotional experience. Cool idea, and not bad given how cheap it is, but getting lectured by a game that thinks it's more important than it is, is not really my cup of tea. I think letting the experience of the game speak for itself would have made the whole thing sit much better with me - I was enjoying the game and its message, until I got to that part, which annoyed me so much that I still haven't gotten around to finishing it. [/spoiler] But hey, it's only $3 - if I could give a 'meh' review, I would. But ultimately I can't recommend it, so I have to go with the thumbs down.