Song of Farca

If you enjoyed the Orwell games, or detective games in general, along with some light puzzles, you'll enjoy this.

very good detective game. not very hard for the most part, but the story and mechanics are good.

[h1] Surreal, morally murky, and oddly tender [/h1] Song of Farca is one of the most surreal gaming experiences I’ve had in a long time. I’m still not sure if i just didn't "get" it or if [i] that was [/i] the point, but there’s something wonderfully strange about the way conversations unfold. Conversations shift from intense to oddly tender in seconds creating an atmosphere that’s as disorienting as it is compelling. Technically a puzzle game, but don't worry—it holds you hand like a first grade teacher, often to your own moral demise. The game offers hints that are more helpful than humiliating. It lets you feel like a hyper-competent cyberpunk hacker without requiring much actual brain power—perfect for those who want atmosphere over challenge. Fans of Wooden Monkeys’ other titles will feel right at home here, offering the same eerie, voyeuristic, dystopian vibes, much like in [i] Beholder [/i] or [i] Do Not Feed the Monkeys [/i] , but with its own uniquely surreal twist.

was it fun? yes absolutely (when it wasn't brute force simulator) was it good? no not at all the queer rep is nice tho

I kinda like this game, even though it's repetitive, but weirdly satisfying and has nice music and such. I like it even better than Orwell, however this game is largely a tad better rip off. But writing... writing... *sighs* As if 15 years old teen wrote a BEST FANFIC OF IT ALL where Deus Ex meets Cyberpunk and communism trying to please every stereotypical leftist at the same time Buy on sale, it has its moments

I just finished the game and I feel wildly ambivalent about it. Tl;dr: I'd suggest playing it for its uniqueness and characters but not promise a satisfying end. [b]The good stuff is actually really good:[/b] * The characters (including the world) are interesting and amusing. I laughed aloud several times and I was really sucked into the tangles of the environment and politics. I honestly wish I had even more optional interactions/convo threads with the characters, though, 'cause they were all great. * The game play loop is interesting; even though it wasn't difficult (outside of some of the clues--I'm not so great with random picture puzzles), I enjoyed exploring all the scenes (notably, including the non-interactive objects) and seeing what was going on everywhere. * The visuals and apartment layout are interesting and unique. * The feeling of being digitally free but physically trapped was really well done. [b]The weird stuff kind of balances my good experience, though:[/b] Agency feels off. Sometimes it feels like you supposed to be her, deciding options in conversations and holding lives in your hands, but a the majority of the time you definitely are just a backseat passenger on whatever the devs decide Izy is feeling/thinking. That back-and-forth of framing was odd. I also found a lot of the characters (including the bad guys) charming and didn't understand why she made enemies of and insulted literally everyone when she was also a shady character in their shady world. This goes for the ending, too. The whole last chapter, you have the most information in the game but zero agency on your own feelings about it, a 100% backseat passenger, which made the ending of a pretty great game unsatisfying to me. [spoiler]You spend the game being meticulous about details and to only trust what she figures out herself and then she just completely goes against that. Where's the actual proof Jessie's dead? It feels against her character that she'd just take someone's word for it and go on a "fk it all" vendetta.[/spoiler] It says choices matter but, outside of staunchly deciding to get as many people killed as possible, it didn't really feel like it and I don't have any drive to replay it. Why is the heartbeat/eye monitor there if it didn't ever tie into something? Was this leftover from a truncated feature? My achievements also didn't pop for most of the game and, reading an achievements guide, it's bizarre/hard to tell what even pops most of them if they didn't pop on my play. You can't save at will, either, so I wouldn't suggest going into this game purely as an achievement hunter.

Thank you to the person who called the writing "morally corrupt" - would not have bought this game if not for seeing your review

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Just played two cases in less than 30 minutes and the game shoved the pronounces things in my face!!! Remind me again why the pronounce he/him of the guy who lost his daughter is an important piece of mission???? That he's not GAY???? The second mission come with some thing like a prototype dog with the name Sir but the daughter love to call it she/her??? WTF its have to do with the stories??? So putting these BS in the game If you can't find another way to make stories interesting to cover your weak writing right??? Oh and the main protagonist is of cause a blue hair with nose ring, ringing a any bell??? Shame on you devs!!!!!! UPDATE: Just have to finish the game to make sure the review is fair, I just so bored that I can't even care to finish the game. GOOD: - Music is the best thing in this game - The puzzle is not too hard but also easy enough I just can just clicking brainlessly and still finish most of the puzzles. There is password hacking thing that I am not understand just brute force through... That's all. Here come the BAD: - So many unnesscessary thing including in the game that it make no sense, not adding immersive no deeper the gameplay, it's just there I've never notice the eye color and heart beating things? It just there serving no purpose... - DEI: The only thing they did right is with the AI. It have no gender and it appearance is well presence. Other than that, I'm so annoying with the he/them, they/her thing... WTF was that??? According to what the dev present in their game, half of Farca is gay people... - Very interesting mechanic with the 2 split screen: one IRL and one computer screen. But huge missing opportunity when you can't do control anything with the IRL aspect, like interaction with your gay girlfriend when she came by, can't even pet the dog... - The story is unbearable for me, starting good but the mid and later part of stories is so boring I just want to finish the game but I can't get to the ending... - Some answer choices eventhough it make sense but the NPC is weirdly seem to not understand, you just have only one right answer. Very rigid, that is not multiple choice at all LOL...

good game, wish it was longer but like. peak.

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