The Martian Job

SO frustrating- trying to pick the middle ground ever lead almost exclusively to failure, there was no chance to build relationships so if you were like "let me wait and see" it feels like you get locked out of that option forever, and it feels like whatever you choose it doesn't matter. Even though I consistently chose to try to help the rebellion [spoiler]in the end Jammer and Nalani just said "no we should give it to the Mars Consortium" like why the ♥♥♥♥ did we bother to get the microbes if we can't even choose what to do with them?[/spoiler] Ultimately it felt like waiting after every choice to see how you failed this time for reasons that felt impossible to predict and disjointed from the overall story. There was no sense of cause or effect or like anything you did mattered. The game pulled you along to whatever place it had predetermined you should be. More of a personal take but knowing full well the inherent dorkiness of CYOA games this one didn't ♥♥♥♥ even a little bit. Was just kind of lame and didn't really have much cool or creative to it. The writing was very subpar and heavy handed too like at one point there was a line like "you saw the options spreading out befor…

It's really interesting, could do with an expansion on the story as a whole with more content but for what it is, it's short and sweet. My only two complaints is that the stats don't really feel like they matter as long as you're doing things you have 55% and above for, it'd be nice if you got bigger stat boosts for things and specialized a little more in certain areas. And [spoiler] the conversations with Mads while rekindling your romance seem very unnatural for everything that happened in the past. The dialogue was just strange but not super unpleasant. [/spoiler]

Honestly? Just a bit dull. The writing is decent but no more than decent, the gameplay doesn't feel like it ever asks you to make any choice more strategic than "pick best skill", the characters are... flat.

Feels right Shiny, Captain

This text-based adventure game is fun and interesting and well-written. It's a science fiction story about a heist, with drama and romance elements. The included characters are diverse with regards to genders, sexual orientation and ethnicity, and you are free to choose your own gender and sexual orientation for the romance elements of the story. I really appreciate that, but I have seen that it has caused a lot of bad reviews. So if you prefer games that are only for white males with mainly white male characters (and some sexy females for the guys to ogle), you might not like this game.

Boring, Time consuming and your actions are meaningless