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Franz

30 Jun 2023

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Developer
Ice-Pick Lodge
Publisher
Ice-Pick Lodge

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An experimental game that is hard to classify in terms of genre. In the game Franz we interact in various ways with the title character, which nestled on our device. The behavior of our charge changes, depending on the ways in which we communicate with her.

This game is fucking weird, and I've played both pathologic games and the void. This stands above that. I enjoyed my time with the game but what convinced me to play it was the trailers on IPLs YT. They seemed so passionate and they made the game seem so complex. I regrettingly gave $10 like a moron as tho it might get me something passed the ending and I got 20 or so images which show that yes there was ambition. Somewhere I guess the passion fell off because the ending comes out of nowhere to the extent that I feel the game was a waste of time. None of the supposed deep themes are realized, and there isn't even enough of a simulation or AI to have a 'free play' mode. Very strange. It's more like a cry for help than a genuine cash grab, which makes sense for them now that I say it out loud. There could be more that no one else on the planet has found, and I'll toy with the app for a week or so to find out, but I doubt it. About 3 hours of really strong addictive gameplay which affects you even when you put the phone down, but part of the addiction was my own morbid curiosity which went completely unfulfilled. I've said this before and I'll say it again: if meta I give no shits. Either say something or be fun, you can't just make a self indulgent piece of shit and expect people to call it a masterpiece. Fucking christ. Better than Nier tho lmao.
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