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Contains spoilers for the ending of the game

This game had been getting a lot of critical praise, so I've been wanting to check it out for while but I wasn't willing to drop $20 on a game I wasn't sure I'd like. The feeling of elation I got after finding it on Steam for under seven dollars was followed a couple of hours later by crushing disappointment (and by that I mean I literally finished the game in under two dollars. I'm extremely glad I didn't pay full price). It was just so...mediocre. Like, I'm glad that a game whose story is about a teenage lesbian couple is doing well but the characters were just not engaging at all. I think maybe the story might have been a bit more fresh ten or fifteen years ago but now it just feels dull. I also think that if I was younger and I was still the teenager who struggled with accepting her sexuality, then I might have been a lot more supportive of Sam and Lonnie and I probably would have rooted for their relationship. But looking at it objectively, I feel like Sam is a douche for stealing everything of value that her family had so she could pawn it to support her and Lonnie after they ran away. I get that her parents are in the wrong for not acknowledging her sexuality but stealing a whole bunch of shit from them isn't going to go a long way towards repairing her relationship with them. And then there's the fact that Sam gave up her scholarship to a good program to run away with Lonnie, who I believe is technically considered AWOL from the army (or at least in trouble since she signed up to join and never showed up for basic training). Am I supposed to consider that romantic or something? It just made me cringe.

Has anyone else played this game?

I don't think you're necessarily supposed to "root" for anyone, it's just telling what happened and why. That was a completely broken family from every single angle; not acknowledging Sam's sexuality was just the icing on the cake. What she did in order to run away might have been wrong, but I do take a bit of exception with "repairing her relationship with them", because I don't honestly believe that was her responsibility anymore. There wasn't really much of a relationship left to salvage in the first place.

I felt like the story was about how family isn't always home, and Sam escaping a poisonous atmosphere by any means necessary. Lonnie was certainly a convenient way to do just that-- even though it's impulsive teenage behavior and realistically it wouldn't work out.

This, though I like to think they did have a good relationship [but that could just be wishful thinking on my part.]

ayrt

Ah, I didn't phrase myself very well; I meant that the whole running away thing realistically wouldn't work out. I did think their relationship seemed solid, and very sweet.

I think the ending was supposed to be more bittersweet than happy although like you I didn't find anything "sweet" about it. It was just depressing. I'm honestly surprised at all the people I've seen who call the game "moving" and an "emotional journey". It was just kind of boring to me

but maybe I'm just extra bitter because unlike you, I did pay full price. God fucking dammit

I personally loved the game. I was actually looking for it for a while, so I got it near the beginning of the praise.

The story personally resonated a lot for me as the sister of someone who's a lesbian. I care about my sister more than anything, really, so it REALLY tugged at my heartstrings. I agree that Sam and Lonnie weren't objectively the smartest, but honestly they're teenagers, it's what they do.

The game really was wonderful for me because of how the game was designed; that it's a fairly open house and it's meant to be just a game based on exploration. You put the story together out of curiosity, not because of some arbitrary point system. The art and the design was done very well to guide you through without really holding your hand.

The only real problem for me was the price. I paid the full price for it, and while I don't regret it it was still a bit more than what I'd like. But I also get that they're an independent studio without much in the way of an ad budget and they have to figure these things out.

I have to agree with you about how underwhelming the Sam and Lonnie plot was. It felt like any other extremely cliche "gay teen" story where the only thing different is that this time it's in video game form. How innovative!

I was way, way more interested in the creepy as fuck Uncle Oscar thing.

http://clockworkworlds.com/post/58411117679/the-transgression-you-can-do-better

I had the ending spoiled for me by a troll, but I still enjoyed the game, with reservations. Problem is, I'm not sure if my reservations are completely fair, as I can't tell if I was legitimately underwhelmed or if having the game spoiled colored my perception of the game. Your points make a lot of retroactive sense and I feel like on the surface it's nice to have a game that actually focuses on queer struggles but the game itself simply isn't compelling.

Well, whatever, I mostly wanted it for the 90s fetishization and it didn't disappoint there.

OP

I feel like on the surface it's nice to have a game that actually focuses on queer struggles but the game itself simply isn't compelling

I think this is a pretty good summation about how I feel about the game. There were a lot of parts I didn't like but if it opens the door for more (much better) games or other works featuring lesbian characters then I'm glad it was made

”Well, whatever, I mostly wanted it for the 90s fetishization and it didn't disappoint there."

I have to admit, I was totally on board for the X-Files references in there.

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