Em-A-Li

creepy, love it

While playing this game i wrote notes on all the poor design choices: Why are we playing as Jeffery Epstein? Em-a-li diologe is too long and doesnt make any sence, topic bounces all over the place like talking to a schizophrenic Visuals are very bad Room is very small on the screen, incredibly hard to see whats happening Character often speaks for you, not very interactive Em-a-li speaks as if she is human tho she is visually a computer screen in the game Em-a-li seriously doesn't shut the f#ck up she is so insufferable Despite it being part of the narrative Em-a-li's audio and voice acting quality is very bad and her diologe is poorly written and usually doesnt make sence The game's way of make Em-a-li interesting is just by making her say cryptic stuff that makes no sense narratively Theres rarely ever choosable diologe options so the entire game feels like being Em-a-li's imaginary friend and just following her around and when she "talk to us" she just replies to things that aren't said in the game so i guess she reponding to the player themselves as if you were speaking outloud while playing the game but come on who is doing that?? Plot holes Why is every object in this house electronic? She Bluetooth connects to a f#cking house plant?? House doesnt make any technical sence if you use you're brain. House is almost entirely corridors and the thickness of the walls varys wildly from thinner than the character to thicker than entire rooms "Why are there so many rooms?" Thats a great question Em-a-li. "Hello box, im depressed :(." Em-a-li shut the f#ck up. Em-a-li is incredibly cryptic to the point where nothing she says makes sence. Lore is so so two dementional. So incohesive and any plot twists its meant to have are so cliché you can spot them coming from galaxies away. I dont think that English was the creators first language and it shows horribly. "Good luck!" She says for the 30th f#cking time Are we in f#cking House of Leaves what is this building we're in??? You're telling me every room in this house has a pc-computer set up? How much would that even cost? What use would a computer in EVERY F#CKING ROOM HAVE. "How convenient." No f#cking sh1t Em-a-li, just like how theres conveniently a pc in every f#cking room right? What are you Em-a-li a yandere? The misogyny in here is REAL palpable. Faces dont always match the emotions The sprites are ass yo How are these girls being chased? Em-a-il is a sentient ai wife-bot computer The big plot twist is not only so f#cking predictable but is formated and paced horribly. Em-a-li pretty much jusf says "Yeah i killed thos girls sowwy Stu :(" 3 minute diologe of Em-a-li being a yandere. She talks for so long just saying "ilysm please talk to me i killed thos girls for you, we can kill young adult women together forever!!" And its repetitive and feels so weird to listen to her ramble on it genuinely feels like im talking to a mental stunted ex girlfriend. She does not shut up. She seriously doesn't shut the f#ck up. The Developer diologe at the end was probably the best part of the game. Im not going to sugar coat it, this game is narratively, logically and diologe wise awful. The diologe ranges from confusing to undiscipherable. The narrative is 2D and predictable and the logic does not add up with the lore. This isnt to say the game wasn't enjoyable because trashing on it on call with friends was a nice way to spend about an hour but the game lacks any meaningful emotional response from the player because i and the people i played with genuinely couldn't take Em-a-li's downright awful diologe seriously. The game is so cliche and predictable and seem like it would be more of a test or a school final exam than an actual game thats intended to be enjoyed. Im sure the game had alot of love put into it. I have no doubt that the game was made with the intent of being good. Unfortunately the game ended up being a very big disappointment and probably wouldn't be fun without company. From what ive look at the Developer has come a long was at least looks-wise sence 2020 when the game was made so i hope that they've learned more about story making, pacing, and map making sence then.