Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

fun and not a lot of graphics so you can play on your piece of junk laptop

Este juego se me ha hecho mucho más corto, no sé si ha sido por la ruta que he elegido, pero igualmente lo he disfrutado mucho. Lo que más me ha gustado es que, si has jugado al otro Orwell, se pueden usar los datos de la partida que quieras y puede afectar a la historia porque ocurren a la vez. Eso me ha sorprendido a la par que me ha encantado. Aparecen algunos personajes del otro juego y sí, sigue siendo muy entretenido. Tiene la misma dinámica que el otro, pero con una nueva opción. Me ha encantado.

I played the first game in German and was a bit disappointed that the second one was only available in English, but I understand why. Adding voice acting was a really nice touch and I assume that would have been quite expensive to do in other languages. As much as I loved the first game, it wasn’t perfect. There were a few things I found annoying, like the fact that Symes would message me about something before I was done reading the content he was referring to. Those things no longer happened in the second game. The option of saving a call or chat for later — so I didn’t have to interrupt what I was doing — and the new database search feature were great additions. I loved the fact that this second game took place on the same days as the first one, with references to places and people I’d "met" before. While I didn’t like this story as much as the previous one, it was different enough to make things interesting. I wish it involved deeper research into secondary characters, though. There were a lot of datachunks about Raban, Ilya, and Karen, but I would have liked to see more of Oleg and learn a bit about the other editors at The People’s Voice. Maybe about Karen’s other patients as well as her mother and brother, too. The _one_ thing that frustrated me was how long it took before the game let me confirm that [spoiler]Ilya and Karen had a thing[/spoiler]. All the hints were there quite early and I was internally screaming at my computer to let me record my hunch in Orwell. It could have been a false lead, of course — or a yellow datachunk. Come to think of it, there was another thing that bothered me. Karen’s interactions with her mysterious patient seemed quite unprofessional and inappropriate. She may have been under a lot of pressure but that was no reason to [spoiler]blame her patient — especially one she said she cared about — and show up at her workplace[/spoiler]. I guess that was a minor plot point but it didn’t fit with the rest. All in all I’m very glad I played this second game and hope there will soon be a third!

Having loved the first Orwell, I can definitely recommend [i] Ignorance is Strength [/i] too It offers a slightly different perspective, but you’ll still meet some familiar faces. The connection between the two games is really well done. This time, the focus shifts towards media manipulation and fake news, which makes the gameplay feel even more tense and morally grey. If you liked the atmosphere of the first game, you will love this one A quick heads-up: a full playthrough will take you around 3–4 hours. My advice? Allow yourself to truly dive into the story and carefully read everything available on the screen. It's totally worth it As a huge bonus: my laptop didn't fry itself like it usually does with other games ahaha It’s extremely lightweight. You could probably run it on a literal toaster and still play smoothly without any performance stress Final rating: 9 potato PCs out of 10

A little too dull.

Well this was...boring

I pee my pants