Post by bramblett05 on Jul 22, 2015 23:31:16 GMT
Games are art and some are not games but more of an adventure. Her Story is something of a masterpiece with not of gameplay but story. Think of this as a video novel that's cut in pieces and you have to put it together in your head. Also I believe Viva Seifert should be nominated for any and every award because she is phenomenal and her performance will be talked about for years to come.
It's going to be hard to write a spoiler free review of Her Story because it is heavy on story and saying the wrong thing can be a spoiler but I will try not to spoil it. The game is played by making a word or words into a search engine because after Y2K the computers shut down and lots of the stuff that was on them were lost but some were recovered in pieces. You are the detective trying to stick them together and make sense. This will be a game/novel that makes you think long after you even finish it which is a rare treat with games and their stories these days. Length is not really long but it can also be as long as you want it to be if that makes sense.
The game is shows one person in a room who is getting questioned, well the questioning part was lost so it's more of answering all ready but it's you to guess the questions with a one to two word clues to get more answers. Not a spoiler but the song Viva did was a great part and should be a single to listen to on devices. I can say the story is about a murder of a woman's husband and she is telling her part or Her Story but did she do it or not? It's just a great concept that I have never seen before but there is something I didn't mention.
Remember the games that were a choose your own story or a game that was like clock tower but was all FMV with teens? It made a comeback and in a great non-cheesy way. All videos are in a late 80's to early 90's gritty style and will make the older crowd smile while making newcomers for a great ride. Also about the search engine the computer is logged on as a guest so you can only see five videos, so if you do a search and it says 5 out of 40 showing, that means you need to make your word/words more stronger so to speak(took me a good while on that part).
Last thoughts: games like Night Trap were a new genre on PC and Sega CD with also a 3 part series called Make My Video so you put that in a blender and add an amazing director and writer and an amazing actress in an FMV game with a strong story you have Her Story. A perfect reboot of FMV games from the yesteryears but with a story telling way of today that everyone should experience at least once....twice....three...four....fifty times.