RE:CALL

The first chapter was fantastic, I really enjoyed the use of choose-your-own-adventure type history manipulation, and was looking forward to seeing it deployed more to tell the story. Unfortunately, it goes downhill from there. I came close to bailing during chapter 5 with all the tediously long electric barrier stealth sections, but managed to get through. A few minutes into chapter 7, and we're back to running past guards and standing on floor switches to deactivate barriers. Which we're gonna have to do for each character. I presume I'm close to the end, and I want to see how the story goes, but I can't bring myself to drag us through that pointless padding content.

Really cool time-loop puzzle game

I wish I could leave a neutral review because this game is *half* really good and *half* not what I signed up for. The first half of the game is amazing because of the RECALL mechanic. This mechanic is the game's main selling point and it's the part that you get to see in the demo. I can't overstate how cool this mechanic is. This part of the game is incredibly fun. The problem is that about halfway through, the game essentially ditches the mechanic and instead goes with an extremely tedious stealth sequence, followed by a level that you have to beat three times. Storywise the mechanic is there, but the gameplay no longer reflects it. If the game ended after the first half... then it would be quite short and the narrative wouldn't be conclusive, but it would at least consistently remain the same kind of game that I bought.

I won't even talk about the CH7 puzzles. I'm a patient person, but by the end of them I was exhausted as if I worked a 9-5 shift. It's a 50/50 game with good design, but middle level idea execution. If the game ever gets a rewrite (let a star dream), then I hope the creators themselves will understand what their idea was. The music is amazing, and the small sound details like the sound of the tea tray when the characters moved added to the vibe. For the first half of the game it's a big recommend, but for the other it's a "please don't bother"

Memory manipulation combined with a murder mystery and a sprinkle of emotional introspection I really enjoyed my time with this game overall, but as with others, I found the puzzle section towards the end of the game reeeeeally outstayed its welcome The mechanic to remound reality based on shakey recollection is a pretty cool idea Character designs were neat and the story was more than serviceable Not a long game (8-ish hours) I do recommend it, just a caveat that the ending puzzle is a bit tedious

interesting concept, could've been so much better though. character writing fell flat for me and i couldn't care enough for them even though it seemed like they tried really hard for me to do so. finally i left with more questions than answers which the game seemingly didn't intend to answer in the first place other than that it's a solid 8 hours of gameplay that was only worth it for me on sale 6.5/10