(Neg)Entropic Wandering

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(Neg)Entropic Wandering is not a game, it's an e-book that's been dumped on Steam masquerading as a game. As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay, it's just a lot of clicking through badly written dialogue that would never have been accepted or published in print, which poses the question, "How did something this badly written end up on Steam?". When someone hoping to become an author is unable to get published in print, they spend $100 and dump their high school fan-fiction onto Steam, under the guise of a game. This extremely badly written E-book (not game) is intended to cure insomniacs, I guess through being boring. But more seriously, it's inappropriate for failed authors to try deal with serious health issues... while potentially well intentioned, it can cause a lot more harm than good. That aside, this suffers from all the usual problems non-game E-books suffer from, so let's get into it. Visual novels/e-books are tedious at best... imagine the best novel you ever read, be that Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy or 2001: A Space Odyssey or Twilight (if you have terrible taste in literature), but then translate that to a format where the wo…

I fell asleep at my desk trying to "play" this game. Now I get this is for insomniacs and some might say that this did its job by making me sleepy but I'm under the impression that if your game is so boring that I fall asleep to it you're getting a negative review regardless. Call me old-fashioned but I prefer to stay awake during a gaming experience.

Absolutely astonishing, at loss for words, just... play it if you feel like the world, or your meaning, is ending.

I liked this game. Parts of it were quite imaginative. I think it could use some added length and more encounters and more worlds. Perhaps in the second part?

Super chill very cozy vibe game. Perfect to play before going to bed during that I've got nothing to do before time. Loved the music and silly little characters while the subject was as described "for insomniacs"