Don't Forget Me

It's always sad for me to see another game with a great demo and a disappointing finish. I loved the demo because it was so focused on the word-puzzle mechanic, but in the three hours of gameplay, i did maybe four or five of those puzzles total- including the tutorial. Mostly the game was a lot of dialogue; it's extremely wordy, and this is the only way it attempts to do any world building. The worst part is the main storyline its trying to build for us is kind of confusing, and not as interesting as the side stories. The game introduces another aspect of searching the mind later; we only get to play with this mechanic twice, but those two stories are the most interesting of the entire game despite being side stories by technicality. The choices don't seem to really matter, it sort of feels like you're going no where, and ultimately there's so much nothingness that takes place between any "playing" that I don't even feel like revisiting the timeline to see the "other options." If you can call it that, considering the updated ending is essentially a choice and then end credits. I'd love to see this developer take the small parts of this game that were really a success and turn them into something new without trying to focus so much on weighty morals. All the interesting pieces were the small, grey, complex side stories. I don't really feel like I know what the big story was trying to tell me anyway. Freedom is important, I guess? Anyway. The characters were interesting and could have been good if we looked at all into them or got to see them grow. The aesthetics were fun. I even like visual novels; I just didn't think I was buying one here. They could go somewhere. But right now this game is not where it's at.

回溯了n次，还有一个母亲的成就没解锁，已经不知道房子里还有什么可以探索的了…游戏剧情真的短，结束了还有一大堆疑问没有解开，四个结局更是把我看傻了。以及吐槽一下，人物的纵向移动居然是平移，走的好慢。 总的来说还可以吧，词汇量很小游玩门槛低，章节短回溯快。就是剧情有点莫名其妙。 I really want to know:why does Fran lose her memory!!?And why does she kill Bernard!!?

[b]Don't Forget Me was -to put it simply- dull.[/b] It felt like many ideas clustered into a single story that they couldn't manage to elevate on it evenly. It starts with great promises. But as the story progresses, it falls flat. To not spoil anything, I am not going to talk about details. I think one of the biggest mistakes of this game is the lack of characterization. The game expects us to empathize with other characters where we don't know soykaf about them. In some scenarios, this might be great. But in a story where characters are more important than the storyline, this kind of approach is totally wrong. Other than the story, I should do justice to its graphics. They are great. The soundtrack was great too. Not a banger but totally listenable. I should mention that this game is overpriced af. I don't suggest buying it without a sale. It only lasts around [u]90[/u] to [u]120[/u] minutes. [hr][/hr][h1] TL;DR[/h1] [b] 6/10 - If you love cyberpunk, wait for a discount to give it a try; if not, you can pass it on. You won't lose anything...[/b] [hr][/hr]

Bought it thinking it's a cyberpunk point-and-click but it turned out to be a graphical novel with branching paths instead. I normally don't like this genre but Don't Forget Me is surprisingly good. It's too short to recommend at it's retail price, but consider picking it up when it's on sale if you like an engaging story. The narrative / graphical novel genre is filled with games that have poor writing that is either simplistic emotional (like To the Moon) or barely philosophical, filled with lengthy dialogues and monologues focusing on ethics and morality (like 2064: Read Only Memories). I tend to stay away from this genre for this reason. Don't Forget Me does have some lengthy dialogues about ethics but luckily keeps it concise enough that it doesn't completely destroy the pacing. And because of the branching paths it even has replay value. Don't Forget Me is criminally short, the end feels rushed. Clearly the developers didn't get the memo after what happened with Mass Effect 3's ending. It's a pity that so many writers forget to make your branching paths relevant at the end, opting instead to just give you direct options for how you want to end the game. Don't Forget Me also does this, but it's actually worse if you can believe it or not. A satisfying ending would have been nice. I think it's great that Don't Forget Me found a way to make graphical novels work, at least for me. Hopefully the devs try it again and improve on the formula. Like giving us better input controls, branches that actually impact the finale. The ending sets up a sequel so hopefully we'll see one soon.

This will be a 4 lack-of-mouse-support out of 10. ;)

Un super jeu

Great game! Love the pixel art and visiting the character's memory.