NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy

It's basically "Reigns" but you're an AI and with an actual narrative. I actually enjoyed the narrative itself, but the game is trying to be a sort of political-sim thing, but you're forced to make choices purely based on vibes and then given hair-brained logic as to the outcomes. It's quite literally at the level of: "Hamburger or Hotdog?" "Uhh, hotdog?" "Incorrect! -1 money, -1 happiness." It's not really that hard, and it's basically linear, but as a result it just ends up feeling extremely padded and full of meaningless choices where you're randomly picking equally arbitrary options and hoping it works out.

This game was a big disappointment. Choices feeling shallow, no real sense of divergent paths, and the game did not react to my choices in any meaningful way. It had a good idea but it fell really short. The "multiple endings" are a big lie, there is ONE story and ONE path, and the differences are miniscule.

A conversation game that asks you to make decisions without giving you any information to base those decisions on. Instead of a powerfull AI you often feel likle a fortuneteller (and not a very good one).

This game is all about decisions. There's moments of light, but you should expect a bleak world setting and a grim storyline. Saying more though would ruin the experience.

This game was perhaps tailor made for me. It's beautiful art and emphasis on choice are what drew me in but unfortunately it wasn't to be. Likely due to the the game's creators going under, the game has not been maintained and a game breaking bug that can seemingly soft lock you out after seemingly any choice you click made this game unplayable. It occurred frequently and I could not find a good answer or solution to fixing it. I give this game a positive review because circumstances outside of the creators hands are what caused the issue. If there ever is a patch that fixes this I will readily return to playing it. For even the brief amount of time I got to play this game gave me much joy. Thank you Dream Harvest.

A quick game but an interesting one, worth buying on sale.