Livber: Smoke and Mirrors

Some translation and editing errors, but otherwise the writing is incredible and evokes the sort of creeping dread you want from psychological horror. It's confusing and weird in the best possible way, making you want to run through multiple times to get answers and see the differences your choices make. Some are subtle-- slight variations in dialogue or actions --but others are so big they change the course of the whole story. The art is perfectly matched to the atmosphere, and the movement tracked to the cursor gives an eerie, unsettling effect. The music is a little high in volume for my liking, but is well composed and performed, changing with the situations in the story for an excellent horror experience. Highly recommend playing!

Great art, music and sound effects! Really helps with the atmosphere. And to my surprise, the writing is also pretty good. Recommended!

my love..

Well... Spectacular art, brilliantly written, horrifying imagery, muddling narrative. It's good.

Güzel bir görsel roman olmuş. Kendimi role play masasında gibi hissettim, hikâyeyi bitirmemi sağlayacak kadar başında tutabildi. Gereksiz olaylarla da oyun süresi uzatılmamış, gayet tatmin edici bir şekilde bitirilebiliyor.

I haven't finished Livber yet, but I'm already really impressed with it. The art style looks fantastic, the atmosphere is captivating, and the story has managed to keep me curious from the beginning. I actually bought it through the bundle with Luce Spenta, and honestly, pairing these two games together was a great decision. They complement each other surprisingly well. So far I've been having a great time with Livber and I'd definitely recommend giving it a chance if you enjoy story-driven indie games with strong visuals and an intriguing world!

I hate giving this a negative review because, objectively, the game is well done and cohesive. You spend most of the game exploring different rooms and experiencing some nicely branching dialogue. The art, the music, the direction, it's solid. I don't have a problem with the translation at all, and while playing I was actually pretty impressed with it. It can't have been an easy task. So, if possible, [b]please consider this more of a "neutral" review. The game just wasn't my cup of tea.[/b] I'm only leaving my thoughts here because, well, my opinion isn't represented in the current negative reviews. Let me begin with a genuine compliment: the experience feels like you're floating through a grotesque circus of flowery poetics. You'll spend the first part confused, the second part gathering some strong and surreal hints to what's going on, and the third part facing the reckoning of everything that came before it. Reaching the third act for the first and second time was, to me, a fun experience. The main problem, however, is that I just do not sympathize with the two main characters/conflict. It is a fundamental value of mine to not tolerate ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, to put my foot down when needed, and to accept the consequences of any given situation. So when every event I encountered didn't let me act on those values fully, it was annoying. I actually can enjoy flawed, unlikable characters. Hell, they're usually my favorites. But this is an emotionally mature bit of writing that, at its core, is talking about emotional immaturity. And despite being such a short game I felt like I was constantly getting put in between two melodramatic friends who [i]just weren't listening to what I was saying.[/i] The game kind of pretended to listen, sure, but wouldn't take it to heart. I was basically begging the game to finally tackle the main issue(s), but it kept spitting poetry at me instead. As such, if you are a "big picture" or "no nonsense" kind of person like I am, the friction between you and the subject matter will start making everything fray at the seams. That flowery, poetic grotesqueness on display starts feeling less like an interesting, mysterious metaphor to unravel and more like melodramatic angst. I went ahead and finished about 3-4 of the 8 endings, and every time I reached a sad one I could only think "good riddance". I don't think there's a way to "fix" it. Does it even need to be "fixed"? Maybe a small side route would have been nice, because being able to express myself with a TRULY RESOLUTE "♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥ I'm out" path would have been gratifying. But ultimately, this story has a specific purpose and a specific message. It's just not one I emotionally resonated with, or personally needed. And you know what? That's okay. It wasn't for me, but maybe it will be for you.

Very interesting and good writing. Went in blind and had like no idea what was going on and I think that was good. Now I have three endings completed and I am kind of starting to understand some parts. There are certain things that are not translated, Just one chapter header, and one text snippet I saw, nothing super important missing.

i really love this game! I love horror and narrative games, and i think this game really captures all the horrors and body horror. I genuinely feel disturb (in a good way) when i play it~ Totally love it!

Muy buen juego, por el precio me parece que la historia es buena, solo faltaría la traducción al español(en desarrollo) ya que para los que se les complique un poco el ingles puede ser frustrante, sin duda lo recomiendo, la mezcla del arte y banda sonora queda de lujo!