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Immortality - 8.8/10

What do I even say about this "game"? There's nothing else like it. Basically, you watch clips from three movies, and while you're watching, you select objects in those clips (like people's faces or clocks or whatever), which sends you to other clips that have the same/similar objects in them. While you're at it, you have to uncover certain secrets, and discover things like why a certain actor died or why a certain character disappeared. The answers are all incredibly interesting and satisfying. The three movies are all pretty interesting (they were all made just for this game) in and of themselves, maybe moreso because you see them out of order, so you see certain twists early which change how you perceive the more normal parts of movies. You don't just get the final versions of scenes from movies, either: some scenes will just be the actors doing a script read, others are rehearsals, and still others are them actually filming the scene, so you see both the movie and the actors. Learning about the actors is generally the more interesting part, of course.

The way everything comes together in the end is excellent, though I ended up having to read an analysis to understand all of it. Unfortunately, it can get kinda repetitive trying to unlock every scene (I got most of them, then looked up the rest once I felt like I'd had enough), and you'll end up going through the same scene more than once a good number of times. Would be nice if there was some sorta way to prevent that, but I get why there isn't. The controls could be a bit finicky sometimes too, though apparently there's a trick to them that can guarantee getting what you want that I didn't discover until after I was done. All in all, this is an incredible accomplishment. It's not very game-y, but it's a story that would only work in video games. Some of the twists remind me of certain others that take advantage of the medium. The acting is all quite good too, or at least it felt that way to me. I didn't enjoy Her Story, an earlier game from the developer very much, but this was way better, and frequently had me enthralled. The high points are incredible. I think a lot of people wouldn't click with it, but it's certainly worth trying out.