Say

Cool, creative concept, but awkward application. The tutorial is confusing, and requires trial and error to actually figure out what is possible with this game, which is a fair bit! It is soothing to build once you figure out what's happening. There are so many objects, which should allow for a lot of possibilities, but you end up feeling limited by the interface. For example, you need to scroll for a long time before you find a part of a house or a building, but you have a lot of indoor furniture, which kind of needs the context of a wall, at least. There's no option to sort at all, which is infuriating, especially since there are so many different versions of shrubs and trees, but if you want a door, you'll be scrolling for a while. There are also no snapping tools at all to align the objects, so if you do find a wall, good luck creating a 90 degree angle. not a game for perfectionists. All that said, very fun, creative, and meditative.

Can’t tell if this is a very deep philosophical experience or a very elaborate sh*tpost

Say is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this "art experience". Instead of being a game, Say is a software application that presents a poorly made art exhibition. This is another godawful half-baked "art" experience where the "artist" who doesn't know the difference between a game and eviction from art school decided that making the viewer part of the art is amazing and has never been done before (it has, and it's always been a bad idea). So, in this "art experience" you get to place a few crappy low poly objects and some text... yep, that's it. Bad idea, implemented badly, and most importantly for us gamers, this is not a game. We get this non-game shovelware on Steam whenever your usual Starbucks barista/McDonalds frycook art school dropout finally gets a restraining order from the local art galleries so turns to Steam Direct to try get their art published somewhere so they can finally dream of moving out of their parents basement. It's true that games can be art... art is where the pinnacles of craftsmanship and quality meet vision and narrative to create an experience far greater than the sum of the parts. Thi…

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[h3] I'm currently doing a challenge to play through a free game in every single category on steam. I then give an honest review using ChatGPT. [/h3] Game: 74 / 447 [b] Category: Narrative [/b] "Narrative? More Like an Unfinished Experiment" This game is a puzzling entry in the "Narrative" category, but calling it that feels generous. It’s sort of like a builder—you place objects, write a few things, and... well, that’s about it. It feels like something that was never finished but somehow got released by accident. I managed to crash the game and fall through the floor, which was probably the most entertaining part. The overall experience screams "early prototype," yet it came out five days ago. Maybe the devs didn’t get the memo? Unless you’re in the mood for an unfinished oddity, probably skip this one.

just not fun. at least it's free