The Writer: A Change Of Identity Reviews

Short but sweet.

[url=https://cthulhuscritiques.com/2018/10/11/video-game-review-the-writer-a-change-of-identity/]Link to Full Review[/url] [h1]Major Pros:[/h1] [list] [*]Soft musical sound effects [*]Easy repeats upon error [/list] [b]Minor Pros:[/b] [list] [*]Low level psychological horror story [/list] [h1]Major Cons:[/h1] [list] [*]Very short [*]Story left off incomplete [/list] [b]Minor Cons:[/b] [list] [*]I wanted more challenge from the gameplay [/list]

A good game with an interesting short story Pros -You can finish it in less than an hour - it has intriguing way for telling the story -no jumpscares!!!!!! Cons -at times can feel to repetitive, since you have to go though a chapter again if you choose the wrong word at certain points in the game. I would highly suggest getting it if you enjoy games that make you think after you finish playing them, expecially if you can get it on sale at somepoint.

UPDATE: I really appreciate the developer message that my primary problem with the game has been fixed. I've now managed to play through the entirety of the game and found it rather enjoyable. I do not believe I've really understood the entirety of the story the game tells but enjoyed the eerie feeling the game gave off made it interesting enough to complete. I recommend this game to anyone interested in playing an eerie short interactive story for about half an hour. I have left my original review bellow: I want to like this game and it has hints of being a rather interesting story, however it is just too repetitive. I'd love to see it all but with the story restarting every time you make a mistake (on certain choices) you have to start from the beginning. The story could be good but not good enough to read it three or four times in a row. It's made even more infuriating by the fact that if you make mistakes at any other moment it just takes you back a stage, not to the very beginning. Why must there be two mechanics? I actually only played half the game before I decided I do not want to read the same story for the third time. I was interested to see where this game goes but sadly I do not think I'll be returning to it.

This (part of the) game is very short and looks like it might actually be the beginning of an ARG. The horror writing is okay but there's not really any kind of story resolution inside the game.

Hmm... Okay, I don't know. I have had a very low expectations for this game. I was aware that it was short, it had no complete story or anything like it. But I have read the "Diary" section and the game started making some sense for me. OK, I must admit that the controls in this game are just horrible. It was the weirdest control system and a gameplay process for a text-based game I have ever had. Not only you need to drag and drop every phrase to the center of the screen, but the game may restart completely if you chose the wrong sequence of words. But in spite of these drawbacks, I understand that only with this bizarre gameplay you will get maximum experience and you actually start believing in the text on the screen. With these boring things you need to do you start to understand the tempo of this game better. Sounds were so cheap too. I do not know about the psychological stuff on what sounds will make better effect for this game. But I think that some variety of sounds will make the game better. It's sad that two stories (that's a half of all stories in the game!) had the same sounds. Oh, and it has a plenty of errors in words. I have played in Russian, I don't know about English version, but... If you make mistakes in the text-based game, that has not so much of text, it's not good. And the strong side of this game is a stories. I have enjoyed every story in this game. After finishing each story I needed a break for 5 minutes to re-think what I have just saw. As for a raw product like this, it was totally unexpected and therefore perfect. It has negative moments, but what really matters is that I enjoyed the game and understood it's idea and was pleased with it. I have bought this game at sale, so it was not expensive at all. I think that such games like this should be free instead and have a community to make even more interesting stories, lifes, personalities. If you want a text-based horror - do not buy it. If you want to be a part of an interesting 30-minutes experiment - I would definitely recommend it.

I actually really appreciated this game and the sort of creepiness in the aura. It reminded me of Marble Hornets for those familiar with the series. There was a unique approach taken here that made ME feel like the experiment while simultaneous having this feeling that my choices were somehow consequential. It may not be for everybody, but for anyone who has an interest in Psychological Horror games with meta-elements, I highly recommend it. It was a refreshing break from the expected.