Now I was beginning to understand how things worked. Doing this brought up more videos I could watch. After watching the first few clips, I typed in “David”, which is the name of the man from the first video.

Above the videos is a search bar where you can type in whatever you want. You simply have to dive in and go from there. It reminds me a bit of Outer Wilds in this regard, as both games offer no hand-holding whatsoever. Beyond having the initial five videos for you to watch, there’s no direction given as to what you’re suppose to do or what you’re looking for. This is all you have to go off of when you first start.įiguring out the narrative of this game relies completely on your investigative skills. Upon watching the videos, you’ll see that they are recorded conversations between a few different people, but you have no idea who they are or how they connect with one another. I spent more time than I’d like to admit trying to beat it before realizing you can’t. On it are a few videos that you can start watching, as well as a broken game of solitaire. In Telling Lies you play as an unknown woman who comes home and boots up her laptop. FMV’s have had a rocky relationship with gamers for decades, so the question remains is Telling Lies worth your time? Well they’re at it again, this time partnering with Sam Barlow, the creator of Her Story and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, to bring us Telling Lies, a FMV game that is the spiritual successor to Her Story.

Games like What Remains of Edith Finch, Outer Wilds, Gorogoa, Florence, and Ashen have all been critically acclaimed successes and they are each vastly different from one another. I have to give Annapurna Interactive credit they are not afraid to publish games that are truly unique.

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