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Gag is a "horror" game set on a sitcom stage that covers the topic of sexual assault. A note before we start. This game includes the developers few other horror games as a bonus, but I will not be talking about them, they are a nice bonus and some really cool experimental work. Story: You play as an unnamed girl who wakes up on a sitcom set with a man named Andrew who is the main star of the show and since I already said the game is about sexual assault you can piece the rest yourself. I won't talk more about the game since it will spoil the rest of the game, but I will I say I enjoyed what I saw of the story. It's not really subtle, more or less taking the head on approach to the subject matter. It is unsettling for sure, but I feel taking a much more toned down approach could have helped the game more. Graphics: Gag is a pretty simplistic looking game. You're mostly spending your time on the set which is pretty barren, the character models are weird and creepy looking (which I think is done on purpose). The visual are seemingly weird for a reason and it does work to make the world really surreal. The only real negative is the long corridor at the end of the game, which all of it looks the same. If you lose your footing you can find yourself walking back a pretty long way just so you turn back and go back the way you came from. Some indication of where you're going would have went a long way. Audio: The audio design is underwhelming, but I feel like it was done on purpose. Most characters use a text to speech program and it does help build an unsettling mood especially with Andrew's deeper voice being really creepy. The one music track is just pure garbage and really just feels like an ironic parody of the sitcom shows. Gameplay: There's no gameplay to speak off in Gag. You are mostly standing and watching a conversation unfold and chime in every so often. You do have to walk from location to location, but that's about as far as the gameplay goes. You are basically standing in place and listening to characters talk. Verdict: If Gag was a free horror experience I would have no trouble recommending it to someone. It has a really creepy setting, a decent story, but that's about it. The other games that come in the collection are much more interesting than Gag itself. I will say on sale, the buck for all the games is worth it to support the dev for these cool experimental games, but not worth it for Gag alone. Final Rating: 6/10 Pros: + Includes the developers other games which are really cool + Story is decent (albeit not very subtle) + Unsettling atmosphere Cons: - Not much play value - Sound design is awful - Gag is not really a game If you liked this review please consider following our groups and curator pages at https://steamcommunity.com/groups/completingthebacklog and https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ImperialReviews
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This is short, but really cool concept. Play the mini games other than Gag too.
Made me extremely uncomfortable, its kind of basic but during a sale its a nice little treat to bag. The 4 bonus games are much shorter but nice little additional treats to go along with this. I hope these developers continue to make games because MAN they can really make an uncomfortable experience
September 21'st 1987
the box scared the ♥♥♥♥ out of me
this game is wonderful, i actually didnt expect it touching me the way it did, but it truly was an experience (i mean, all of the 4 experiences were truly something different!) i definetely understand the people that think it was too short, too annoying, or just too boring to be worth the 4 bucs, but looking at it in a story-telling point of view, it does a magnificent job on worldbuilding, and mainly, leaving me with the question and thought of what happened during the four games, what happened before them, and, on CRASH and FLUE, the unnerving feeling of something happening after. some of the details on GAG itself made me think about the humanity of the characters, even with they being represented with these twisted objects and surreal forms and that's it. if you like a good and strange piece of media that is just there as a idea of something bigger, go nuts on the 4$. also, someone please do some therapy on andy, or even better, on joshua himself, peace!
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It's a 15 minute game with a simple and dull story. I saw the odd graphics and I was interested, but it turns out there is nothing to this "game". Edit: I've just realized that this is actually 4 "games" in one. Box is cool, it does feel like horror. The other two are like those two-sentence horror stories around the web, except they are not even that creepy. I wouldn't pay more than 50 cents for this thing, It looks like someone got and idea and didn't want to put much effort into developing it or executing it properly, so they just slapped together some assets and called it a day.
This is, uh... interesting to say the least. GAG is the main chunk of content, with the other 3 games taking 5-10 minutes to finish altogether. GAG is pretty much just a few scenes of a "skit" about sexual harassment. Even comes with 2 endings. Lotta different emotions felt in the brief 30 minutes playing.
Very, very surreal, but gripping, too. This game is easily described as "Seinfeld from Hell", but there's more to the concept. Sexual abuse is the key topic (which is not a spoiler, although the game itself is short enough it wouldn't matter anyway), and it's presented with an eerie clarity that the sitcom environment makes feel even more raw and open. This game also comes with a few other *very* short games, which each had a short and surprisingly thought-provoking concept paired with an aesthetic that felt too stripped down to be anything but genuine. It's worth the $2.
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