Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing Reviews

[code]That was pretty disappointing.[/code] [b]Half Past Fate[/b] is a narrative game about two people meeting just before lockdown. I was pretty excited to play it, since my memories of 2020 are still pretty vivid and that's when I was in a long distance relationship. So I thought it would be cool to see a story similar to my own experience. [h2]The story[/h2] Our main characters, Stephen and Robin, seem to like each other, but they can't leave home because of the lockdown. They want to keep in touch, so they start videocalling and doing stuff together. Cute! [h2]Why I don't recommend this game[/h2] It's extremely short. I don't mind short games, but because of its length, there's basically no time to explore the conflict of the story. For the context: [spoiler]as the lockdown becomes less strict, Robin wants to meet in person. Stephen is afraid to leave the house since he doesn't want to get sick and also infect his older uncle.[/spoiler] That's a nice topic for the conflict, great! How will the characters resolve it? Well, the conflict gets brushed off really quickly, and everything is fine again. And it's the end of the game... Just to be clear: you spend most of the time watching Stephen and Robin talking about nothing, and when the interesting stuff finally happens, it gets skipped. So yeah, I was disappointed because I was getting invested, and the story ended up very abruptly. [h2]TL;DR[/h2] The game could be much better, but it isn't because of a weak story. Not worth your money and time. [quote]🌟 If you want to see more reviews by me, check out my curator page → [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45309733/]Anna's Misadventures[/url] 💛[/quote]