The Leak Reviews

Its pretty epic

it was a nice 15 min ride

I needed this game when it came to me. To they who made it - thank you.

Quick game, it makes you reflect about how you treat life, also your intuitions reinforce you to commit such deeds, use your critical thoughts more than your emotional ones, tip of the day.

[h1]Pros:[/h1] -It's cheap. This game was only a dollar. If you view this and the dev's other game "PigBlue" (which is free) as a bundle, the already reasonable price/game time ratio of The Leak becomes better. -Compelling story. -The dialogue is poetic and and interesting. -The music, though not made by this game dev and being open source, fits the story nicely. It was a good choice. [h1]Cons:[/h1] -To avoid redundancy, you'll want to save before every meaningful dialogue option to save yourself from playing more than you have to). But again, it's cheap. I don't hold it against the game. -One of the voices in the game is that annoying one found on TikTok. Ugh Spelling correction for the dev: Near the beginning the narrator says "quite" instead of "quiet"

A short narrative experience with great sound and visual design alongside with some excellent writing. Doesn't get boring as you're accompanied with a high quality and impactful narration throughout. Although there is room for improvement, I still liked -as it was described in the description- the "greyscale" pixelart graphical style. Story-wise, it certainly isn't an easy pill to swallow. Perhaps not just from a thematic perspective but also how it managed touch a very personal aspect within my psyche, which might be something that can happen to a significant amount of other players as well. Who knows, maybe it shuffled some feathers around a place in my own mind that I tried to block once and act as if it never existed in the first place, now. So, suffice to say that I've found a bunch of thoughts to ponder over after I finished it, but can't exactly guarantee the same effect on anybody else. It sorta calls for a specific state of my mind if you ask me. On another note, I saw a couple criticisms about how this was a downgrade and a disappointment from the dev's prior work in terms of depth, yet I think that is an issue about managing expectations since in my humble opinion creativity isn't always something that grows in a linear trajectory. While I completely see where others may have taken issue with how a considerably less extensive project like this one follows a free and more detailed and interactive one -with a price tag no less- but I still welcome it. Because, compared to their previous game -within which I saw a disjointed and an uneven narrative- this one was a more confined and homogeneous experience that amounts to something considerably more poignant and all the more impactful. So much so that, I grew even more excited for future projects as I now know that at least it'll have very very decent writing at worst and maybe something special at best, in that department. At the end, although that I understand other's frustrations and crticisms, I see this as a modest contribution to the developer that comes attached with a short little treat, with hopes of aiding to the creation of something better and bigger in the future.