Agence

I like the idea, but while I can interact with them, a lot of their behaviour seems erratic and doesn't seem to be impacted by my interactions except at the most superficial level. The mechanics are very opaque. I'm not even sure what half of the achievements mean. It seems more like an intellectual exercise in ML/AI and so I'd probably find a paper outlining the behind the scenes more interesting. As it is I just use it like a chill game when I don't want to deal with adrenaline, commitment or thinking to hard. In hindsight I probably wouldn't pay for it again.

I read an article about Agence before I bought it, and I thought the concept sounded interesting. I knew this was an interactive movie with AI elements and not a video game, but I was hoping for more of an experience. What it provides is extremely limited and not really worth much. Unless the developers make major enhancements, which their comments indicate are unlikely, don't bother. It's just not very interesting.

I found this to be an interesting experience and well worth the small asking price. Definitely put me in that contemplating the notion of an infinite universe and the meaning of our existence within it. That said I am coming from a machine learning and AI programming background. Not to mention I'm a fan of short artsy VR experiments. That doesn't necessarily mean you need that background to appreciate Agence, my 6 year old daughter found this fun as well. I do think the game would've been better off if after a each generation a small explanation of what an agent's role was. That would've given incentive to observe multiple generations and note the results. I think that is the point of the game. After a few achievements popped up and I realized what their roles were it was subsequent generations and interactions were more meaningful. All said and done worth $3 though.

This is not a game. Horrible controls. Zero onboarding. I don't know what to do and mostly, I don't care. This is just some bad tech demo trying to sound deeper than it is. I'm not petty enough to refound a 4$ game, but this "game" is not respecting my time. Do something else, go take a walk, watch paint dry.

Its okay. I think it could be improved, but it's an interesting idea at least.

let down