How Fish Is Made

I was dissapointed with this game. It chews on certain facets of the human condition well. Characters are simple, statements are abstract and the gap between the two can only be filled by the autocompletion of a willing mind. Its evident that this is a quality game, I wouldn't have thought of how fishy the fish feels with each little hop and thud. The feel is perfect. I simply disagree with its approach to the poison of society. In the many things purposely left unsaid I can only assume that this game poses humility as the missing ingredient that weakens the foundation of social tribes (in cities or otherwise) and that seems small minded to me. It seems to disagree with a "woe is me" sort of mentality. "Many people have gone through this and you are not alone". The same misery provokes different emotions, coping mechanisms and breaks different limits for different people. Some poeple approach misery with far more questions than the average person is willing to consider but therein lies the circular logic. Its as if disagreeing at all makes you a self absorbed fool in the games view and you are a self absorbed fool because yyou disagree. "I lost my sister today. I don't understand what this feeling is made of, its in my body somewhere but whats it made of? I wanna see it more, I can see it better already as I talk about it" its as if the game wants you to expect comraderie and understanding to a significant degree if you say something like that to people in the face of loss. Some go to anger to cope, some grow numb, some get more talkative, the game wants you to believe that the tribes for all these factions and more are numbered in comparitive quantities. Furthermore it seems to imply that all these tribes get comparable ammounts of space, encouragement and discouragement which is not true. It also assumes that your approach to your miseries is as largely understood as anyone elses, that the knowledge pool one need to draw from to understand YOUR experience is the same as any other and is as prevalent as any other. I don't think the issue with fascism is a lack of humility, humility is what fascists prey on when they break the social contract over and over again. So I am dissapointed. I hope Mouthwashing is better than this. Still a game I am glad to have played, I see it as an exploration of a particular point of view.