Shape of America: Episode One

This is the retro-"House of Cards"-narrative game most of us deserve. Also: a must buy for everyone loving text-based adventures.

This is episode one only. In my opinion, a waste of time until the game is complete and there is an end to the story. I wasted more than an hour to get nowhere. Games should either be released completed or with the possibility of buying the whole package at once. Quite dissapointed that I wasted 1+ hours. Seems like a nice premise, but, until is complete, do not waste your money or your time.

Surprisingly well executed and presented game. I like the retro, CRT vibe and the fact that such a small production provides choices. Although the music could've been a bit better.

[i] Shape of America: Episode One [/i] is a political role playing game. The setting is late 90s in the USA, art and all those events like Internet boom create quite specific and recognizable vibe. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1692375041 At the very beginning MC is just a waiter but depending on your choices you may get drawn into the world of economy and politics. I can't say that all that flattery, deceive and other schemes that are inevitably involved in the process sound very appealing to me. But the game is rather short, just a couple of hours, so I decided to give it a try. And quite soon I became addicted. The idea to use words as your weapon to reach success is nice. It was exciting to debate and make speeches, though it took some time to understand how everything works. And discussions as battles is a great idea but I expected something deeper, real arguments, dunno, but it was more like using different tactics, so quite general approach but still kinda fun as it also involved random luck element. Plus to use the right tactics you should try and understand the opponent's personality or political beliefs of the audience. So things aren't too simple really. I guess that's why the game turned out to be so captivating. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1692244889 So I didn't even notice how deeply involved I became, I seriously was about to win the elections and become a new president when...the first episode suddenly ended and the second one was promised 'soon'. But it's more than a year already and the dev is silent, no questions are answered in steam discussions which is not very reassuring. I'd like to see the continuation. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1692375095 Sure the game is far from perfect: there're some typos, I don't like how save/load works, it'd be nice to have the list of endings. There're so many choices, it's a great fun to meet so many people, to debate, to make really meaningful choices but what about the amount of possible outcomes. I'd like to know not to miss any. I know it's just the first episode but the whole experience left me unsatisfied. I hope the second part will be released. No doubt it's totally unique and catchy but for now it's kind of a neutral review. [table] [tr] [th]Find more in a [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/readingnook] Reading Nook [/url][/th] [/tr] [/table]

I have this to say, I'm a fan of this game. I can not however in good conahence advise people to buy a game that will not be finished

This game was really fun. I dont think ive ever seen a political rpg before. Good idea to make one.

Very nice game ! Recommend to everyone that likes RPG and adventure games mixed with some politics.

Fun little game. Some bugs are present, but if you've got two hours to play a nice homage to 90s - early 2000s click stories, it's worth a go. There's a few too many bugs (occasional crashes, linear values can go negative, core fighting mechanic is a bit too easy) for me to say it's worth $5 in it's current state, but with updates / more episodes, it could be a good buy.

Just finished my first run and this game is a gem. The game is non-linear text-based political sim, with a lot of complexity and stories around it. Don't wanna spoil it but from my first gameplay, I think there's at least a handful of choices how my gameplay will end. The writing is not that superb, I think there's a lot more room for the characters to grow their backstory but you will really appreciate the current state of it. Just two cents tho, I think the developer/s should have pitch this hidden gem first on bigger publishers, this game has A LOT of potential. Downside tho, aside from minor bugs/crash, I'm not a fan of the visual effects. Overall experience is 8/10.

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