MetaHuman Inc.

You´re appointed as new CEO of the leading firm for Hightech, Witchcraft and Extraterristic science. Now doesn´t that sound just splendid? Sadly this has to be the first choose your own adventure ebooks, which really fell flat for me in some regards. The development of your own character skills is at nearly no point an important decision, the only thing that matters is research and the stats of the enterprise. While this may be realistic for a CEO, it is kinda dull and mainly influenced through the budget sessions. Also the romance part (which for this kind of game should normally offer some options) is a bit lackluster... i kind of got forced into the gay romance line, as he was the only one available.. which didnt matter much anyway in the end. Regarding the story, it also got somewhat over the top for me, when time travelling became an issue. That´s naturally a very personal taste, but that part just didn´t work out for me. To round it up, the end game also has some bugs into it, where people appear twice, while they should be actually dead already (mind you, that was also an important part of the ending judgement, so no small lapsus imo). So, while the writing is mostly ok the overall game just had me dissapointed, especially so, since the premise made me very interested in it. Conclusio: You surely can get more refined CYoA books by now, so if you´re no hardcore fan of the topic, you can skip this one. Rating: 5/10

Honestly, I don't know how the other reviewer (Red Steel) apparently played through the game enough times as to experience all the coice possibilities in just 24 mins (0.4hrs at the time he posted the review). I've only done one playthrough, so maybe there's things I've yet to discover, but from what I've played, I liked the game, and you get what you paid for, maybe more. -Good storytelling. The story is solid and the pace at which it's told goes nicely with the gameplay. -Nice management mechanics. -Would've liked a longer game, with a longer/more expanded story -"Romance" didn't feel like I accomplished anything EDIT: Horrific spelling mistake. BTW, I deleted a comment accidentally. Sorry about that.

This Is by far the most technical choice of games game I've played so far. It makes full use of it's engine and I was often suprised at things I encountered. It features the pleasant suprise of going "the writer can do THAT?" On a note for you trolls out there, this story is also very politically correct, when asked "<M/F>?" I was given not 2, not 3, but 5 choices. There is also a very complex story with plenty of twists.

A great and interesting piece of writing. The world has depth and a lot of freedom in how you guide the company as CEO. Needs a save function. I spent 4 hours on my playthough and having to dedicate the same amount of time for any additional playthroughs isnt appealing.

I don't have much experience with these choose your own adventure things, but I've played a few visual novels in my time. All I can say is that this offers a large number of choices in comparison, and these choices have real impact on what happens and what options you have later on. More than your average Telltale Game I would wager. You also have a lot of control over your companies strategy and which augments you develope for profit or your own use (and you WILL use them). Also, you can enter your own name to be referred to, and pick a gender INCLUDING options for "It's complicated but I guess I'll put ___" or "I won't answer this question". Nice touches. If there is one downside, I couldn't find a "save" or "bookmark" option, so I had to do it all in one sitting. I'm probably overlooking something really obvious but in case I'm not, something to keep in mind. Oh, and before I forget, the story is well written and memorable, with characters that I found interesting and believable in the world they're in. I caught myself sacrificing my own needs to protect them on occasion, and I was trying to be self-serving. 9/10 would tamper with what makes us fundamentally human again.

This is the only story bad this company I've felt a need to not reccomend, as most of their other work is fantastic. In this game, you suddenly find yourself forced to be the CEO of a company that sells human augmentation fueled by super science or occult magic. You make major corporate decesions and choose what staff to hire and what kinds of tech to develop with the benefit that you can have any augmentations developed for free. In the background is a mystery involving extra-dimensional beings and the disappearance of the former CEO, which escolates to involve no less than the fate of the world itself. Unfortunatley, without wishing to give any spoilers, there are, practically speaking, only two endings for this story, which is a divergence from the many combinations involved in this company's other works. If you don't make choices that perfectly fit in the narrative of the two endings the writer wants the game actually has a time loop that dumps you back at the start of the story, convienently giving the player character amnesia so you can't have new decisions from foreknowledge, and tells you make all the same choices again, until you pick the ones we want you to. This defeats the purpose of the story having any player agency whatsoever. I was very disappointed and after my third time loop the shoehorned choices became very clear and I abandoned the game.

I've bought pretty much all the games the developers (Choice of Games) have made and released on steam. I really enjoy them, some of the games they release have way too much information on the first couple chapters and sometimes stuff story down your gullet before the real fun part starts. But MetaHuman Inc got very interesting really quick. You become the CEO of a company that creates super powers or enhancements and are able to choose from a range of ways you will manafacture them. I wont go too far into the story, but its very entertaining to be incharge of a large company and becoming a millionare. The story can get a bit much and boring at times but is fairly addicting as you start to have more freedom. I reccomend this game to those who love super powers or a bit of Sci Fi and Mystery to their games.

I love a lot of COG games (especially those related to superhero stuff). But this one was definitely not my favorite and sort of a let down Pros: I really really really loved the business aspect of this game, managing your companies assests and stuff just seemed so fun I could play a whole game if it was just that. I literally would have prefered if it was just that instead of the weird story it has. Cons: the story wasnt necessarily bad but unlike in other COG games I couldnt get invested in the characters or the story of what was happening in the world I solely just enjoyed the business aspect of stuff not the "world saving" Also if you like me and enjoy really getting to sort of roleplay as your character and their personality and sort of embody how they feel about whats going on and why they do what they do I could not do that in this game. You couldnt really give your character much of a personality or identity besides sleezy businessman or goody two shoes Also I dont know if your a lonely guy like me and you love to have different romances and relationships in these types of games but as far as ive seen there is non of that in this And for me this COG just felt incredibly short and I really feel no inclination to replay it because really I just dont feel invested in any of the story or characters to try and do things differently This game if it was based as a freaking business management game would easily be an 8/10 and could become a nine if the game solely focused on that aspect and fleshed it out just slightly more But as a COG i can only give it a 4/10 personally. It just wasnt for me which really sucks because I really did love the theme for the game and the business aspect but the story and lack of any real characters or personalities did bring they joy of the game way down. Not great at putting thoughts and feelings into words but I hope this helps somebody out

Great game/book. Interesting and diverse. Actually replaying it over and over improving my outcomes and choices kept me very interested and proud once I earned all the achievements. Some of them can be a little frustrating to get but again that was part of the fun in replaying the game repeatedly to learn all the nuances of the story. Well done and I highly recommend it to those who enjoy "choose your own adventure" stories.