I'm still not really convinced that they do anything at all!Īs you play out your game of murder and survival on the island, you are dropped to cutscenes of commentary upon your actions and the corporation. but it isn't really clear how these play into the unfolding of the story. There are five stats that are affected by your decisions. very much like those choose your own adventure books! Except you can't stick your fingers in lots of pages. Basically, these serve as branching points that will affect the current scene and ultimately which of the endings that you will end up at. The only game mechanic for these Wales games are the timed decision trees at critical points in the narrative. ready to kill in the name of worldwide entertainment and social media clout! and you are all dumped onto an island somewhere. well, there are also criminals and the poor as well, but it is interesting to see that there are quite a few people who are wanting to live-stream their killings and deaths. well, the desperate are the social media influencers who are prepared to kill and die to get a following?!?!. trying to make an important comment on contemporary society, but coming across really heavy-handed at best. the entire script is reminiscent of the Black Mirror series. not to win the cash, but to expose the machinations behind it. a washed up ex-movie star who is competing in the game for some hidden motive. hmmmmm, sound familiar?Īnyway, you play the game from the perspective of Nick. So, what the masses apparently want for entertainment in that near future, is a viscous and murderous battle-royale with fifty contestants airdropped onto an ever-shrinking battlefield with only one survivor. with the world in economic crisis and hungry for entertainment. or if you have a few hours, in a single sitting.īloodshore is set in the near future. and it is sort of best experienced in that manner. I managed to finish in a couple of short sittings. very low key in terms of mechanics, and entertaining if a little bit shallow at times.īloodshore was released in 2021, and I managed to pick it up as part of a package of full motion video "visual novel" games. It is quite an enjoyable sort of medium/genre of video games. Wales Interactive has been at the forefront of this wave, with quite a few releases since their first effort in Night Shift. I guess that the easiest way to describe them is to compare them to the choose-your-own adventure books of the past. these play out like feature films, but with player input. There has been a great resurgence in full motion film-like games in recent times.
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