Across The Line
Emblematic Group · 2017 · Free to Play, Indie, Simulation, VR
PC
Mixed54% · 35 📉 Recent reviews down 33%
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About Across The Line
Across the Line is an immersive virtual reality experience that combines 360°video and computer generated imaging (CGI) to put viewers in the shoes of a patient entering a health center for a safe and legal abortion. Using real audio gathered at protests, scripted scenes, and documentary footage, the film is a powerful hybrid documentary-fiction depiction of the gauntlet that many abortion providers, health center staff, and patients must walk on a typical day in America.
The experience consists of three scenes. We begin inside the health center, finding ourselves in an exam room with a young woman and a compassionate doctor. The scene fades as we travel back in time to follow the patient and her friend as they drive up to a health center lined with protesters holding graphic signs and shouting.
The final scene uses computer-generated graphics. The viewer becomes the patient and must navigate a group of intimidating protesters shouting highly offensive remarks aimed at shaming and stigmatizing the patient. The audio montage, captured from protesters across the country, anchors the viewers experience in the reality of what thousands of people across the country face during anti-abortion protests outside of health centers.
The experience consists of three scenes. We begin inside the health center, finding ourselves in an exam room with a young woman and a compassionate doctor. The scene fades as we travel back in time to follow the patient and her friend as they drive up to a health center lined with protesters holding graphic signs and shouting.
The final scene uses computer-generated graphics. The viewer becomes the patient and must navigate a group of intimidating protesters shouting highly offensive remarks aimed at shaming and stigmatizing the patient. The audio montage, captured from protesters across the country, anchors the viewers experience in the reality of what thousands of people across the country face during anti-abortion protests outside of health centers.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Across The Line is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this software. Instead of being a game, Across The Line is a software application that shows a VR video of someone going to get an abortion. Now, this is an important health issue that has needlessly become a political issue, and I've said it before and I'll say it a million more times if I have to... gaming is no place to push social agenda or political issues. Even if they're "right". This is not raising awareness in a positive manner, it's just making gaming worse. This isn't even a game. So, regardless of the content of the message they are sending with this, this is not the medium for it. For those unfamiliar with what actually makes something a game, a "game loop" describes the interaction and feedback a gamer has when playing a game. Tetris, for example, has a game loop where a random block appears, the gamer interacts with the block to position it, and then the game decides if that finishes a row or not, increases the players score if any rows were completed, then gives the gamer another block to position. Counter-Strike has a game loop where a player s…2 found this helpful
So stupid.1 found this helpful
Игра "Across the Line" - это захватывающая визуальная новелла, умело рассказывающая историю о сложных моральных выборах и их последствиях. Сюжет погружает игрока в непростую ситуацию, где каждое решение влияет на судьбу персонажей и исход событий. Графика выполнена в приятном, хотя и не слишком детализированном, стиле, который хорошо передает атмосферу происходящего. Музыкальное сопровождение создает нужное настроение, усиливая эмоциональное воздействие сцен. Особенностью игры является вариативность развития сюжета. Последствия сделанных выборов ощущаются вполне реально, и это подталкивает к повторным прохождениям, чтобы увидеть все возможные концовки и развить отношения с разными персонажами. Несмотря на отсутствие сложного геймплея, "Across the Line" удерживает внимание благодаря сильной истории и хорошо проработанным героям. Если вы любите игры, где ключевым фактором является выбор и его влияние на ход сюжета, то эта новелла, безусловно, заслуживает вашего внимания. Она заставляет задуматься и оставит после себя приятное послевкусие.
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woke....Supports babies being murdered
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