LA Monsters

Coming into LA Monsters, one could easily be reminded of a nineties point and click game with its retro visuals and soundtrack. Without a doubt, one of the biggest hooks was of the top notch narration. There are also a number of absolutely beautiful set pieces, such as the one of CROW later on in the story. I recommend you grab a snack, sit down and enjoy this entertaining trip.

amazign experience 👍

[i]My Experience[/i] I must admit that I had difficulty making heads or tails out of what developer ben lunato is trying to say here. Does the signal represent the materialism that many of us fall victim to once we enter the workforce? Might L.A. represent the epicenter of this shallow mindset? If this is the case, is there no way of reversing this damage? Is the older brother (and indeed anyone over 16) gone for good once they fall victim to the signal? I also didn't love the fact that LA Monsters is a TRUE visual novel. The player makes no choices whatsoever. You'll just click through and listen to the narrator read you the story. This works well enough, although there are a few occasions when the written story and the dialogue get out of sync. The narrator uses a technique that I've heard listening to radio DJs, of emphasizing random and unintuitive words to keep the player's attention. He also adds asides from time to time that aren't in the written story, which broke the monotony of the experience. However, when there's no real gameplay to speak of, all you have is story. And while the story was definitely creative, I do regret the time I spent reading and listening to it.

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Great and atmospheric short story, hope to see more games from this great author!

Lunato and friends do it again. This guy needs to get with Jack King-Spooner asap. Also I'm not sure what someone should charge for this game but this is an absolute gift at the price of $0.

用一句话总结这个游戏： 煎熬的40分钟。 LA Monsters（洛杉矶怪物）是一款没有分支路线的电子小说。 画面是比较复古风格的，加了很多噪点，但问题是文字框也加了老式电视机的噪点和闪烁效果，字号小，配色是绿底黄字，眼睛非常难受。 游戏带有全程语音，但是我觉得做成这个样子语音还不如删掉。 首先这个语音是读小说那种，而不是给人物对白配音，音量时大时小，语调忽高忽低，可以说是老阴阳师了。有时候还自己加词删词。 其次语音和文字不同步的问题非常严重，甚至可以说40分钟里没几句是同步的，每次语音都比文字晚5秒钟左右开始，文字翻页的时间点和语音进展没有任何对应关系，时快时慢，有时候中间还空一段再继续读。 再次，不能手动进行文字翻页，按下空格就是跳到下一个段落了，而一个段落结束又不能自动前进到下一个段落开头。第三点跟第二点结合在一起的结果，你没法知道这段有多少页文字，到底什么时候结束，必须等语音停了5秒以上才敢按空格，不然就有可能跳过几页内容。 实际上我通关之后也不太清楚中间到底漏了几句内容…… 最后剧情，开头还挺吸引人，都看完了，嗯…………也就那样把……

Beautiful artwork, soundtrack, and storytelling. This is the first time I've enjoyed playing a story-based game in a long while. Mr. Lunato, you are a genius!