This is an episodic interactive story in which you play a character participating in the story. In this game, you play an unseen character who interacts with the heroine of the story.
You are a hacker who has accessed the communication system of a very high tech facility. You are in contact with a girl who you find out later is named Hope although she is known by a number. She says that she has to escape because they are doing some weird things here and she is in trouble.
You are able to access all the cameras and electronic devices in this facility through something called omniview which pauses the game when you enter this mode. You find out that a worker named Cooper and somebody called the Librarian will help her. This is when Cooper contacts you and will help you to help her.
From this point on, you guide the girl to various locations to ultimately escape. She has a phone through which you indicate where she should go. Along the way, you hack doors to open, body scanners to turn off and most importantly, switch to other cameras so you can see around corners and behind closed doors.
You need to guide the girl avoiding guards and go to the right locations. Here, you can access a map with the destination clearly marked. However, the map is deliberately made simplified and rather confusing. This is where you need to go into Omniview and think about things carefully.
Along the way, you discover more about the facility and other characters in the story. You find out about the megalomaniacal leader called the Overseer. And repeatedly you hear about something called "The Arrival", clearly a big event to come.
As for the characters, they are all voiced by obviously professional actors. The acting is quite simply at Academy Award level. They are that good!
Its really great that's there's no text to read anywhere. Who wants to read when playing a game? If I wanted to read, I'd buy a book!
The game is really a point and click game. And like all point and click games, you collect things which you can trade for new abilities for your Omni view.
The graphics are simply top notch! It is beautiful to look at. The movements of the characters are incredibly realistic. There are frequent close ups and at no time did it go into uncanny Valley territory. I think this is because the developers took care to include flaws on the characters' faces.
The sound effects and music are among the best I've ever heard! When you turn the Camera it makes that familiar sound evocative of Hollywood movies. They really pay a lot of attention to details..
At the point of writing, I have completed episode three with episodes four and five coming soon. It took me hours to complete each episode! I'm not exaggerating. The reason is because you have to frequently go into Omni view which pauses the game. So it's not one of those shoot'em'ups but a thinking game. This is especially true when you are confronted with a puzzle to solve.
Like any good story, there's a real development from one episode to the next. Episode one concerned simply guiding the Girl to the Library. Episode two has mostly puzzle solving challenges. While episode three is more psychological. At the end of each episode you get a big twist with the biggest twist of all at the end of episode three that will dramatically affect the remainder of the story.
This is not a cheap game and it shows in the great graphics, sound, acting, music and above all the amazing story. It also gives you hours of entertainment. It is definitely well worth the money!
Get it from the Play Store.
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