Telling Lies [PC] - Her Story Follow-Up
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Re: Telling Lies [PC] - Her Story Follow-Up
never got around to playing Her Story...always on the cusp of starting
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Her Story was superb, so I'll be all over this.
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Yep you should totally give it a go AE, just bite the bullet and get fired right into it.
It's only a couple of hours long.
It's only a couple of hours long.
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Looks like I added it to Steam about three years ago... yet to play it
Will get around to it one of these days...
Will get around to it one of these days...
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Spent a fair few hours in this - it’s near identical to Her Story in terms of mechanics, but the context of what the footage is and figuring out who you are and why you’re watching it is more engaging. While determining the overall gist of what happened is simpler, it’s the motives and states of mind of the characters that feel more important in Telling Lies. Another new and interesting aspect is that most of the videos are conversations between two or more people, and each side of the conversation only presents you with the video and voice from that side. Finding the other side of a conversation is a real puzzle at times, not to mention a genius exercise in empathy, as you have to imagine the other half of the dialogue so you can search for relevant keywords.
The only niggle I have is that the maximum fast forward/rewind speed in videos is glacial. Given that some videos are nearly 10 mins long, if you find a keyword that appears at the 9 min mark it starts the video there, and you have to rewind at about 2x speed if you want to start from the beginning. Why there is no ‘play from start’ or ‘jump to’ option is bizarre, and the cynical side of me wonders if it’s to artificially prolong the length of the game.
It doesn’t detract from what is otherwise a masterful and deeply engaging game.
The only niggle I have is that the maximum fast forward/rewind speed in videos is glacial. Given that some videos are nearly 10 mins long, if you find a keyword that appears at the 9 min mark it starts the video there, and you have to rewind at about 2x speed if you want to start from the beginning. Why there is no ‘play from start’ or ‘jump to’ option is bizarre, and the cynical side of me wonders if it’s to artificially prolong the length of the game.
It doesn’t detract from what is otherwise a masterful and deeply engaging game.
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Nice. Thanks Wrathbone.
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Why does this game sound like the secret ingredient is Date Rape?
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It deals with some pretty nasty stuff. No date rape from what I found, though.