Late Shift (2017)

I honestly do not understand the positive reviews... the choices you make basically do not matter and some of the character decisions / actions are just ridiculous. Definitely cannot recommend this.

Late Shift - 4/10 I'm a big fan of FMVs - especially from Wales Interactive - but this one didn't quite hit the mark. The first playthrough is fun, don't get me wrong. A new story is always thrilling - but if you're an achievement hunter, you're going to get very bored very quickly. It's not a game - it's a film where you click buttons, pretty much. Think Bandersnatch level lack of interaction, so you can lose your mind a little. And the worst part - once you hit playthrough two, you've entered groundhog day. Majority of the achievements are finding new endings which you find by making different decisions pretty much in the final chapter, and there's no skip throughout the game. So, you're playing the game from the start - again - making the same choices - again - getting to the same point - again - hearing the same lines - again - and making one small choice which gives you a slightly different ending. It gets a 4 for the decent acting and the pretty good overall story thought - but loses everything else because it simply gets to a stage I really do not like to call these games due to the controversy around them. It. Gets. Boring.

It was okay. I don't see that kind of thing happening in real life. At least, not in the states, but who knows. I'll just watch all endings on YouTube. I don't even watch my favorite movies again and again so fast. 4/5

Music is too loud and can't hear the actors' voices clearly at times. Moreover, there is no skip or fast-forward button so I had to start everything all over again to see different endings. One or two runs is enough for me.

Overall: Recommended for people who like branching narrative games and stories about navigating a criminal underworld. Writing: 75/100 Acting: 85/100 Wardrobe, Props, Makeup, Hair, etc: 95/100 UX: 65/100 I'll try to elaborate with as few spoilers as possible, but do be cautious if you're reading this before having played: - The subtitles didn't always match what was said. - Convention in branching narratives is to have the good/"true" ending be a little more drawn out and/or to have an ending that better bookends the game's beginning. This game didn't follow that convention, and I think it suffers for it. - On replay, user experience suffered a lot for not having any way to skip/ffw through already-seen video or any way to quick-navigate branches. Again, genre convention is to offer this, and the game suffered for not having it. I recommend playing your first playthrough however you'd normally choose to, and then following a guide in order to see whichever other endings you'd like without wasting a ton of time.

Its like an interactive movie with good acting and an intriguing plot. Only thing I didnt like was you had to play all the way from the beginning each time. Was great on the deck.