Pregnancy

Two grown up male devs trying to write like they're a pregnant 14 year old girl, what could go wrong? Let's see: The good: - The subject is original (rape and pregnancy) The bad: - The theme may be a bit to complex for the devs because everything is a bit flimsy in here... - It's hard to feel anything for the girl despite the gravity of the situation, personality-wise everyone is some cardboard cutout of humans. - The multiple choices are useless, and the girl will do the opposite of what you advise in the final decision, your decisions are simply pointless - Not a single feel was felt, I mean it doesn't make you think, it doesn't disturb or give you any reaction whatsoever, it's just... meh. - It's basically a 5 minute slideshow leading nowhere. So basically, it's 2€ for a small pile of colored post-it notes with text on it, it may be the price of a cup of coffee or two but there will be more entertainment and more depth it the latter (latte?) than in the game, but it's a novelty it's up to you if you feel like wasting such a small amount of money or not. I'd really like to see some thought provoking games on steam, with a grave subject and intelligent narration but unfortunately we're not here yet. But at least it's a start, I hope it will inspire someone to do something better...

[b]Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour. ~Ovid[/b] I've recently played Locomotivah's [i]Cahors Sunset[/i], and parted my way with the satisfaction that I've become a bit more capable of emphasizing myself with another human being's situation. That was a game which presented me actual emotion, empathy and an insight to the human condition. I was expecting a similar experience with this game. Sadly, such wasn't the end result. [i]Pregnancy[/i] is supposed to be a mini game where we take the role of the voice within 14 year of Lilla Sandor's head. Not to present any huge spoilers, but she is recently raped and getting psychiatric help to overcome the trauma... until she discovers that she is pregnant. Thus, the title of the game. That is the exact moment you are introduced to Lilla's tale. You take a peek on her perception and give advice to the girl. There is no explanation whatsoever for your presence within her mind. She is in need of aid and you are there, yet I've completed the game twice and I'm positive that your influence over the girl's choice is nonexistent. Whatever you'd tell her, she'll end up doing the opposite anyway. So this is not a game: this is a botched infomercial. The "game" tried to deal with an issue which is very real and grave, thus it is expected for it not to be conservative. What bothers me is that neither dialogues, nor events taking place within Lilla's life seem deep or real enough. Characters are immensely shallow - their perception exists in one liner responses - and dialogues are horribly superficial. I doubt that any 14 year old who is traumatized this much would ask the voice within her head whether she/he likes [i]Hunger Games[/i] or not, and keep living her everyday life. Concepts deep and fundamental such as religion, society and sexuality are vaguely mentioned without giving any actual thought to their presence. Even with its best intention, the game doesn't go far off from being a lame power-point presentation with some piano music in the background. For a game which discusses the nature of choice, you don't have any choice at all. She ends up either raising the child or having an abortion. Adoption isn't even considered as an option. The whole issue takes place within a 2 day period: she learns, she hides for a day, she blurts to certain people and she cries. Then she listens to REM's [i]Everybody Hurts[/i] - a good song actually, one good reference within this game - and suddenly knows what to do with the child! It is ridiculous! A 14 year old getting raped and getting pregnant is not nature taking its course. It is a trauma and it has to contain the gravity of choice. This game, sadly, is a mockery on the concept. If you'd like a better perception, watch [i]Juno[/i]. If you'd like to be moved, play [i]Cahors Sunset[/i]. Leave this abomination for poor reviewers like me. I lost some money on this... I suggest you don't. Please also check out Lady Storyteller's Curator page [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ladystoryteller#curation]here[/url] - follow for regular updates on reviews for other games!

I truly wish I could recommend this game because I think games like Pregnancy are incredibly important for our medium to grow but unfortunately I can't. With every click you make it becomes obvious that the story was not written by someone who experienced anything of the sort of emotional trauma Pregnancy wants to present to you and doesn't understand it. I'd even doubt the developers talked to women who'd been in this situation (or even teenage girls in general) and had to make a choice like this. Pregnancy is superficial and cliché ridden and falls emotionally flat on every account. That ia s a big problem because there's not much else Pregnancy has in store. It's a basic visual novel or piece of interactive fiction (whatever you prefer to call it) with simple graphics and several choices that don't feel meaningful. Locomotivah tried to change that with the very last choice you make and the following result, which was a nice idea, but the execution again falls flat because of the writing. All in all Pregnancy goes agains the most basic rule of storytelling: Show, don't tell. It saddens me to write this but in the end, I have to review what Pregnancy is and not what I wish it was. I wish it was a well written, emotional experience but it's far from it. Instead it's at best a redundant experience and at worst something that could potentially hurt better games that try to go a similar route as serious experiences like this have a hard time as it is and Pregnancy proves many critics right with all the things it does wrong.

Real talk. Let's start with what went wrong with this game: - Stock images - Stock music (Did not fit with the mood of the game) - Overpriced for a flash game - Very little effort in terms of development - Choices do not affect the outcome of the game Overall, the execution of this game given the nature of its topic was very disappointing.

terrible writing. the girl is a pirate. unrealistic in everything. written by two men that have never been pregnant. no care for the source material disappointing.

This game has the potential to be very interesting and moving, but it falls short on several points: 1: It is too short 2: You have very little impact/Choices 3: you never get to know how the comunity reacts to her decision etc The ting that bother me the most however is the statistics at the end. It is assumed that because you are pro-choice that you want her to get an abortion, and that is not at all what pro-choice is about It is about excactly what the name implies; that there should be an option to choose and that that option should belong ultimately to the person going through the pregnancy.

Well... I was BFF's with this Child for at least 10 Minutes and in the end she does the opposite of what I told her? I replayed, called myself by the Name of 'Luzifer' and watched the Baby burn in hell. The tiny choice of adoption is not even mentioned that much and I can tell you that it is definetly easier for the Kid to get into adoption, than being pushed around by the 'loving mother' (not my mother - not my story) Is this a good game? No Did I have had fun playing it? No Do we have to talk about the grafic's? Nope Good syncronising/voiceacting? No-pe Was the story good? Okay Extrapoints for the game? Weblinks at the end of an game, that seriously would never get played by someone in this situation. 2/10 - For not being pushy about what you schould do