Whispers of a Machine 17+

Simply wow! This is one if the few times I’ve finished a game and actively give back to review it in the App Store without being asked to do it in the game.
This game is great!! It has so much deity and subtle (and some obvious) changes when replayed in different ways. The augmentations change based on actions and dialogue responses - and these do change the way (especially in the last day) the character responds to events/feelings. I played through it 3 times just to try the different ways puzzles could be tackled and, from other research online, there are even other augmentation combinations I haven’t tried which give different possibilities.
Great storyline, great voice acting, appropriate graphics (like little touches like breaking the police tape when going upstairs to Maja’s apartment for the first time). Most importantly I love the way potentially sticky moral questions/situations are covered so as to not ram (present day liberal lunacy especially) down our throats but we play an active role in deciding what we choose to be our self beliefs but it also gently reminds us of the “road not chosen” if we follow whichever I thought was my characters most important guiding principles. I played through multiple times, under different principles, and each was handled beautifully!! An adventure that will stand the test of time :)

There were multiple elements to this game that has it standing out from the rest. I thoroughly enjoyed the game however I was a little disappointed with certain elements (not enough to reduce the stars as it is definitely a quality game).

For example, the different augs were a lot of fun although I felt they weren’t utilised enough. The scanner I thought would have been used more often and there seemed to be a constant build up of locations/characters with nothing eventuating from those interactions. The inventory wasn’t used enough either. I felt day 3-4 seemed rushed and ended so quickly. I was left wanting more however in its entirety I loved every moment of playing this game!

I beta tested the game. And have it on steam but also bought it here. The story had me hooked with in the first few minutes. I highly recommend the game