Every now and then the narrative will break and you’ll get a minigame bullet-hell or an ominous floating word salad to navigate. With some nods to classic text-based games, and the Black Mirror episode Bandersnatch (such as choosing your breakfast carefully), this is a game to really sink into when you’re feeling a bit introspective. The choices you make decide how deep you are able to go – and how much you are able to see. No one seems to notice his disappearance aside from you, and your seemingly meaningless answers will have big consequences later on down the line. SELF provides you with the chance to relive choices and memories in your subconscious CRT as you struggle to make sense of your missing father’s whereabouts.
It’s a branching narrative game with a focus on text-based storytelling and surrealist minigames, a winning combo that seems to offer good value for the length and longevity of the content. If you want a neat way to do this without the hassle I would definitely recommend SELF. In fact, given the choice I’d probably still sink into one quite happily today. When I was a kid, I had a veritable stack of Choose Your Own Adventure books. Here’s a quick selection of the best offerings from the finest indie devs, blasting back these cold winter months with a touch of warmth. Only a few more months of intermittent ice, snow, fog, and rain until it’s ‘outdoor’ weather for at least one week in August. Hold yourselves together folks – We’ve done January.
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