Monthly Dystopia

Yes comrades! You heard it right. This wonderful piece of propaganda the Party has given us is insight into the daily lives of other comrades! *Psst…* Down here, comrade. Quickly, I don’t have much time before the thought police catch on! Big Brother is going to pay for what they did to Winston, and YOU’RE going to help us! Now, as you’re reading this, I am already dead. YOU have a chance though! Download Monthly Dystopia and JOIN THE RESISTANCE to TAKE DOWN THE FASCIST PIGS! And comrade, remember: DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER AND THE PARTY!

The positives of this game definitely revolve around its atmosphere, and its ability to recreate the oppressive, tyrannical world of 1984. You can tell the environments were hand crafted, and I enjoyed each reference to the book. I also liked the system of having 30 days, so you felt like you had to live each day and survive under the eye of Big Brother. With that said, the story is extremely limited. Yes, the characters in 1984 had to be careful about when they spoke, but they still had plenty of conversations. In this game, you go from saying one sentence to Julia at work, to complimenting her eyes twice, to suddenly she’s removing her clothes. There’s no buildup for anything that happens, events just happen suddenly and you either survive and the game ends, or you’re caught by the Thought Police and the game ends. It’s nice that there’s different endings, but again, the endings are so abrupt that there’s not much motivation to replay to see them all. Overall, I would only recommend this game to big fans of 1984, because the recreation of that world is where most of the enjoyment comes from.

Haven’t even got to half an hour of game play and I am absolutely at awe at how good this game looks, sounds and plays. You truly will feel immersed with in a few minutes of game play. I can’t tell that there was a load of effort to create this game.