One promo here, for a video game which I would say had a ton of promise that it just never lived up to, and for which I would very much like someone to take from the obviously terrible and incompetent writers and make into something wonderful.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a walking simulator set in an abandoned hotel in Montana during a blizzard in the early ‘90s. You play as Nicole, the daughter of the hotel’s proprietors, who is returning to inspect the property before selling it. Her only companion is Irving, a FEMA agent who communicates with Nicole over a primitive cell phone. Together, they dig through the hotel, searching for the truth about Rachel’s death. It's available on Steam and takes about 3 hours to play. You don't need to play it, and it'll probably make you motion sick if you try.
All you need to do is read this review and watch a couple Let's Plays because it's a terrible game and the ending doesn't live up to its promise in the least.
Areas that I think that a ton of promise:
-- Leonard's relationship with Rachel. It was a problem. -- Irving. Seriously, he is a problem. -- Rachel. This game is supposed to be about her death, and she doesn't exist. It is a problem. -- Nicole. She starts this game as a relatable angry-af survivor and that disappears by the end of the game. It is a problem.
Essentially, if you write fic to FIX THINGS, please consider this game as a storyline in need of some extremely heavy fixing.
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Date: 2020-11-01 07:51 pm (UTC)The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a walking simulator set in an abandoned hotel in Montana during a blizzard in the early ‘90s. You play as Nicole, the daughter of the hotel’s proprietors, who is returning to inspect the property before selling it. Her only companion is Irving, a FEMA agent who communicates with Nicole over a primitive cell phone. Together, they dig through the hotel, searching for the truth about Rachel’s death. It's available on Steam and takes about 3 hours to play. You don't need to play it, and it'll probably make you motion sick if you try.
All you need to do is read this review and watch a couple Let's Plays because it's a terrible game and the ending doesn't live up to its promise in the least.
Areas that I think that a ton of promise:
-- Leonard's relationship with Rachel. It was a problem.
-- Irving. Seriously, he is a problem.
-- Rachel. This game is supposed to be about her death, and she doesn't exist. It is a problem.
-- Nicole. She starts this game as a relatable angry-af survivor and that disappears by the end of the game. It is a problem.
Essentially, if you write fic to FIX THINGS, please consider this game as a storyline in need of some extremely heavy fixing.