My one initial worry was that there was going to be no end-game. She masterfully portrays her emotions as her character discusses past heartaches, romances, and broken childhood acting as the main emotional connection between player and plot. The acting talent presented by Viva Seifert is worthy of an Oscar, who plays the utterly convincing part of a confused and grieving wife. I was captivated and utterly enticed by the prospect of finding out the truth, and when you do, you’ll feel the same. I gasped, writhed, and then swore at how excellent the writing was. There were many a time while playing that my jaw dropped. You can also save interesting videos to refer to later, making it slightly easier to make connections between clips and piece the story together. Search results are limited to five videos, forcing you to narrow the search terms to find the clips hidden away in the nooks and crannies of the database. However, displaying every video would of course make it too easy. The videos are not in any sort of order, so you have to search the database using terms found in the speech of the videos: searching “The Rock” will bring up all the videos in which she mentions the local pub. A British woman is being interviewed following the murder of her husband, and it’s the your job to navigate a database full of live action video footage of numerous interviews conducted with her. It’s like Netflix syndrome: “just one more”.
Despite the basic gameplay of searching a database and watching videos, it’s almost impossible to stop watching. Tiny fragments of information which would be overlooked in other titles become key to solving the mystery and putting the plot together, so wits and a beady eye are required to get the full experience. Many factors are responsible for Her Story’s success, but what champions it most is the flawless writing and attention to detail. A simplistic yet riveting one-of-a-kind experience with a plot that twists and turns with characters which have been extensively developed.
Her Story is one of those games that you’ll find hard to forget.
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