1000xRESIST

Equally enthralling and frustrating. Just so slightly overstays its welcome, but has so many compelling things to say about generational trauma and cycles. Incredible beginning and end with a weak middle act. Lovely soundtrack. There is the you that remains and remains.

[h1]評価の理由もわかるが、語る人があまりいない理由もわかる…[/h1] 映像畑出身と思われる人が作る”長編”ウォーキングシミュレーター。 かなり割り切って演出重視にしていて、一回しか出ないシーンにすごい頑張ったアセットがあったり、 逆にメインとなっているマップはわかりづらいレベルで特徴がなかったり、なんやねんコレ感はある。 このゲームが評価されたのは、”長編”ってところで、 ウォーキングシミュレーターというのはどっちかというと低予算で作る短編ムービー的なものが多いけど、 これに至っては頑張っても7時間はかかる。 ウォーキングシミュレーターでこのサイズ感ってかなり異常で、それも、イベントシーンはカット割りがかなりなされていて、ボッ立ちで喋る作品とは違って面白みはある。 ウォーキングシミュレーターでも語れる、ということを賞によって証明したとは思う。 ただ、その一方でなんぼなんでも長すぎる。 しかも、作る順番とかもありそうだけど明らかにラスト2章のクライマックス等「気合が入っててノッてくるシーン」と真ん中の「すんげえ冗長なシーン」が混在してて、もうちょいシャープにできたやろと思う。 ゲーム性には当然乏しく、話の進まないお使いを終盤までやらせるのはちょっとゲームデザインとしては悪いかな。 ただ、ストーリーはバッドレビューが言ってるほど悪くなくて、 香港民主化運動…というか反体制デモと、エイリアンによってどうしようもなくなった地球での裏切り行為、そのデモからすら逃げた親、家庭から逃げる主人公…。 その辺の鏡像の関係像はかなり良くて、いわゆるセカイ系をしっとり落とし込んだ感じだ。 丁寧なモチーフ・メタファーの反復はゲームでは珍しいと思う。 ストーリーは大雑把にいうと惑星ソラリス×エヴァンゲリオンで、内包するテーマもそのままそのとおり。 先ほど書いたように、ここに香港民主化運動の内面化を作者がしようとしていて、 体制が目指す全体の幸福と、個人は誰のためになにをするのか、”裏切り”とはなにか、このあたりの重いテーマにがっぷりよっつでいってて「長い」とは言ったけど、このテーマこの内容は長くあるべきでもある。 はっきりいうとＳＦ的要素は既視感があるものが多くて、手放しでこのゲームをプレイするべきというものではないけど、その一方で惑ソラやエヴァ―を通ってない人に対しては充分現代的アプローチで、それら先人の築いたものを見せられているのではないだろうか。

This has probably the best story in a video game I've ever played through. I'm so glad they stuck to their guns with an interactive storytelling experience rather than adding some middling action-RPG elements or obligatory minigames, because it just means more time for great characters, great environments, and shocking emotional gutpunches.

First paragraph is spoiler free, the rest aren't. The story covers an extremely wide breadth of topics that unfortunately are not treated seriously, never going past the surface level and facile analogies, and thus culminate in various inflexible and hypocritical endings, that do not believe in the humanity of their own characters. The game is clearly trying to say that, for freedom to thrive, it must be defended with violence. You may have problems with that statement when it is transposed to real life, but the game goes even further than that. The way that the game conveys this extremely simple message involves an essentially magical mass communion in which all beings share in each others' past, feelings, and knowledge. Despite this, certain characters still need to be killed, or otherwise they will simply kill the protagonist with a simple fade to black. This indicates to me that the writers are either not very confident in their own ideas (as this game is a political statement, which is fine in and of itself), or they believe that some people, fundamentally, cannot be reasoned with, even with tools that far surpass our own language and capacity for community. Certainly has troubling implications for their beliefs in real life, where these capabilities are diminished. This is not the only topic where the game is disagreeable or disappointing to me, but the one that I think it fails the hardest at. For positives... I did like some of the characters, the tension between them, and the tragedy of it all (until the ending soured me on that). I don't have anything else positive to say. As for the gameplay, it's essentially just walking around, and "zipping" to other places (it's just aiming and a button press). There's only one real gameplay challenge in the game, a timed zipping sequence, but the timer is extremely lenient. I'm ambivalent on the gameplay; I did not find it fun, but it did not get in my way of the enjoyment of the story, the story did (lol). I do think the time-jumping mechanic could've led to some fun movement puzzles, if it wasn't used so little, but I don't think that's what the team had in mind. Strongly recommend against. If you want a more interesting exploration of a similar idea to the mass communion, I would suggest Neon Genesis Evangelion.

deceptively short game. not many hours of gametime, but i had to play for 1 hour and then stare at the ceiling for 3 hours. absolutely stunning from start to finish 10/10

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Story 8/10 Gameplay 3/10 Atmosphere 5/10 God, I was so disappointed in this game. It's got Overwhelmingly positive reviews on steam and the comments hail it as this beautiful narrative, and yea the story is really interesting, but it's bogged down by the egregious gameplay. The first tag on the store page really ought to be "walking simulator" because ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, that's 90% of the game. I don't mind a good walking sim, but the map is horrid. It's unnecessarily large, and super confusing to navigate. It's honestly impressive how they managed to make a 2ish story building that big of a pain to navigate. The other issue with the story is how bloated it is. The voice acting is "interesting" at best. The majority of the lines feel like they're being read by apathetic teenagers being forced to do popcorn reading in their AP lit class. It kinda fits the vibe of the game in a weird way, but I still cant help but be distracted by it.

Si disfrutas la ciencia ficción y babeas con el existencialismo de Camus hazte un favor y juegalo. Si además quieres aprender sobre narrativa, control de la información y gestión de las emociones en un videojuego, Jefe entonces sí que estás obligado a jugarlo... TREMENDA JOYA

A beautifully made game with a fascinating story and profound themes of loss, the cost of resistance, cultural assimilation, and memory. Whole-heartedly recommend it to anyone that has the 10-15 hours to spare.

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