Buried: An Interactive Story

Text based interactive story games do not get enough notice. This is one of the best games that I have played in that genre, even without its stunning photos to help show the world that the text is creating for you in your mind, Buried does an amazing job of telling you a story whilst you make the decisions about what happens to the characters within that story. The most important thing about gmaes that give you a choice is that you have to feel that the choices you make matter and in this game, boy do they matter. From the start you get taken on a journey and you have absolutely no idea where the story is going to but you are on the edge of your freakin seat the whole way. You want to save everyone but its never that straight-forward. The audio in the game does a great job of keeping you immersed in that world that you can only gauge from the photos and have to make up the rest in your mind, which is what i think personally is so great about text-based adventure games. Buried is one of the best. 100% recommend!

[H1]Steam Deck Experience: Excellent[/h1] No Steam cloud save sync. It's a slow story, but it was still good. The backgrounds looked straight up real. Amazing scenes from the artists. The soundtrack was eh. I liked the touch where it compares your choices with other players. That was really neat.

I watched a Let's Play of it a couple of years ago and it suddenly came into my mind again. And I don't regret it, it was so much fun to follow this exciting story again! I was so nervous inbetween since I made some choices that end up not being the best ideas BUT I managed to save the day and my dear buddy. There are so many choices that you can play Buried a couple of times without getting tired of it! For now, I keep my story how it is tho, but I will come back to it for sure. I was really into it and couldn't make a pause because I was so curious how my desicions will turn out. This game is definitely better than some movies showing in TV, promise you that. But for gods sake, grab your hard hat.

While not much of a CYOA game, you're still presented with multiple ways to approach each situation you're given to participate in. Other than that, "Buried" succeeds at presenting a taut, tense scifi thriller, written in a clear yet unique voice unlike any indie game I've played. The story clips along without any word wasted, and the accompanying pictures serve not to improve but to just enhance the already-chilling narrative. "Buried" could have easily been a novella for sale as an eBook, it's quite an impressive story that will keep you flipping through its chapters to find the truth. If you're looking for a good story with minimal player input to while away a short time, definitely consider picking this up. If you're looking for a narrative that is actually influenced by the choices you make, this probably isn't the game for you and I would recommend looking further in the CYOA tag.

Very good story with choices to pick from

Buried is a fairly linear interactive fiction more in the vein of Twine or CoG than TADS. Although it lacks an expansive web of endings or cascading consequences, it makes up for it in a level of polish you don't really see in text-based adventure games. The background images and sound effects work flawlessly to heighten the tension and increase immersion. While short, the game has some replay-ability and is worth the sticker price. As a demonstration of their skills, Bromoco Games has put together a nice glossy representation of what text adventures could be. I look forward to seeing what they do with the engine next.

The 2 endings are basicly good end or bad end. And whom ever you dragged along with you. Its a fun story, I enjoyed it all the way thru. Hmm Not enough visual to be a vis novel, Its really just an interactive short story. After playing this thru it feels kinda lazy. The sound really did nothing for me to feel terror or stress or happy or sad. Its flat and forgettable. This is not a game, its a story, a cool story. Its 3$us so ya its worth it!

Text based choose your own adventure, great storytelling!

How do i get to the story line where i ♥♥♥♥ the alien

Really enjoyed this. For me, the moral choices got harder. First time through I was 'the nice guy'. Next time i go through...i'm going to be the hard ass & see how it changes.