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Retention
Release Date: Jan 13, 2015
Developer: Sometimes You
Publisher: Sometimes You
System: PC (Steam)
Okay, so I received this game from a giveaway I joined on SteamGifts because I had extra points laying around. I didn't really know what it was before I got it, and I still don't know what it is. This is going to be a really short review for today, because it's such an extremely short game with no substance (spoiler alert!).
The story is...well... I have no idea. I had to look it up. Here's what it says on the Steam Store page:
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. He rarely slept, and even with 24 hours in a day, it was not enough for him.
Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground buried beneath his bicycle.
Slides of various moments fly through his head.
Will his memories return? Will he be able to stand up again?
You must help him.
Oh. Great. Some pretentious bullshit.
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The visuals aren't much better. It's basically a slideshow of artsy pictures. Not much to say about it.
The sound is basically nil. There's an edgy song playing in the background but that's it.
The gameplay, though, is the worst. You scroll through groups of three pictures and pick one. Then, when you've done that with all the pictures in the game, you get some random ending. I don't know what determines the ending. The game tells you "You have about 630 beats of the heart to restore his past", but it doesn't actually end the game if you take too long. It took me only about 10 minutes to an hour to beat this game 100% (I think? It showed like 4 different endings for what I did), so it's not too long in the first place.
Graphics: 2/10
Sound: 2/10
Story: 0/10
Gameplay: 0/10
Replay Value: There are multiple endings, but do you really want to see them all? Probably not.
Score: 1/10