Linda & Joan Prologue: “Four Months Earlier”

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"Linda & Joan Prologue: “Four Months Earlier”" is not a game. It's an advertisement for a product called "Linda & Joan". Linda & Joan is a pretentious more art/book-than-game visual novel/ebook that doensn't even exist because the developer gave up after seeing zero interest in the project. Which isn't surprising. It's about a English family that hangs around an asset flip of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, for some reason. Film buffs will remember the asset because it's where Arnie kills Bill Paxton in 1984's classic "Terminator", from James Cameron. At least I think the developer knows that was the asset he was flipping. But this isn't completely relevant because this is not Linda & Joan, it's just an advertisment for it, so it's not correct to try to review that completely distinct product. We must instead review this for what it is... an advertisement. If you enjoy advertisements, you can consume them for free on the web or on Youtube without needing to add them to your game library, download them, and then launch the advertising. It's impossible in a general sense to recommend people should do that over playing real, full games on Steam, and that applies he…

I discovered this in my Wishlist from ages ago, and decided to give it a go. It's more of a narrative art project than a game as such. It's about a time when its creator's mother and grandmother both died, but I didn't find the prologue as bleak as that makes it sound. I found the dialogue quite relatable, although happily my parents are still alive. The full game looks interesting, but knowing where it's headed may limit my interest in spending money on it. Worth trying though.

Игра "Linda & Joan Prologue: “Four Months Earlier”" - это короткая, но атмосферная и трогательная визуальная новелла, прекрасно передающая семейные отношения и вопросы памяти. Хотя геймплей минималистичен и сводится к выборам в диалогах, повествование цепляет с первых минут благодаря проработанным персонажам и загадочной истории. Визуальный стиль хоть и прост, но приятен глазу, а музыкальное сопровождение идеально дополняет меланхоличную атмосферу. Главная героиня, Линда, пытается разобраться в прошлом своей бабушки Джоан, и каждое принятое решение влияет на её восприятие событий. Несмотря на то, что это всего лишь пролог, он оставляет сильное впечатление и вызывает желание узнать больше о судьбе Джоан. Игра ставит важные вопросы о семейной истории, старении и ценности воспоминаний, и прекрасно передаёт эмоции через диалоги и внутренние монологи персонажей. Рекомендую ознакомиться всем, кто ценит сюжетно-ориентированные игры и готов погрузиться в личную историю семьи.

[h1]Before I played Linda