of the Devil

Holy, only played Episode 0 and already I'm hooked. I'm already a sucker for deductive reasoning games like Ace Attorney but this hits on a whole new level, every cell in my body trembled with excitement with every line. The UI is flashy, over-the-top, gorgeous, and HEAVY. The mechanics are playful, intelligent, and thrilling. The writing is thoughtful, spunky, and VISCERAL. Seriously, the author has such a bead on the setting, I got the vibe they read case-law, biomed journals, and societal studies on their freetime from the articles and flavor texts in the game. Each one dripping with the corruption of the surveillance state the story takes place in and hits just a little too close to home. And the rest of the game matches and meshes with quality. Each chunky turn of the UI, each transition, each avant-garde scene swap builds on the last creating this gritty, grungy, neo-noir detective story I couldn't take my eyes off of. The mechanics are tasteful and stylized, sharply woven into the setting, and intuitively easy to grasp. Frankly, even the tutorial popups, one of the quickest ways to lose immersion in any other game, were stylized so well that I honestly JUST realized that THO…

Currently, the Disco Elysium of Ace Attorney games. ⠀

this game feels like it was synthesized in a lab just for me incredibly sharp dialogue, cyberpunk worldbuilding, and mystery writing with heavy influence from Ace Attorney, Danganronpa, Death Note, and even Monogatari the game really rewards the player for paying attention and understanding subtext and implication this game is unashamed in its message about the socioeconomic state of our world, every line of dialogue is oozing in depth and intention, doubly so coming from one of the strongest and compelling character voices i've ever played through, Morgan is an absolute gem of a character episode 0 has one of the strongest hooks i've ever witnessed in a game, absolutely incredible that that episode's free lol every episode so far has been phenomenal and i can't wait for chapter 3's release

Game's good

it feels like crack for people who like good writing and women. seriously. almost all main characters are women. also morgan is one of the most amazing chatacters ever written

I am floored by how clearly the writer has his finger on the pulse of our current sociopolitical condition of the world in general and tech-industry in particular. Excellent writing. I absolutely adore the characters: their design, their interactions with one another. The balance between humour and horror feels perfect for me. I know people consider "narrative games" or visual novels to have minimal "replayable value" but I do encourage people to replay/reread this game, not just for the sake of "lore" or easter egg hunting but for appreciating all the thoughts and questions this game is bringing forward.