Welcome to my review of Orwell!
A game which I deem closely related to the book '1984' by George Orwell. It was one of the games collecting dust in my library so I decided to finally give it a go and I don't regret it.

~~==~~ 🐺 *Short overview* 🐺 ~~==~~
---{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Paint.exe

---{Gameplay}---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Starring at walls is better
☐ Just don‘t

---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ Earrape

---{Audience}---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults

---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boiiiiii
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{Difficulity}---
☐ Just press ‚A‘
☐ Easy
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{Grind}---
☑ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isnt necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding

---{Story}---
☐ Story?
☐ Text or Audio floating around
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Fantastic
☐ It‘ll replace your life

---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{Price}---
☐ It’s free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{Bugs}---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

~~==~~ 🐺 *Detailed review* 🐺 ~~==~~
So, where to get started ... Orwell was one of the many games in my steam library collecting dust because I got it at some point but never got around to actually playing it. I picked it first over other games as I just started reading a book called '1984' by George Orwell. For anyone who enjoyed the book it's worth checking out the game. Although the book has a much better story in my opinion and if you enjoyed the game you really should check it out.

It took me about 5 hours for my first run. For me it was quite an immersive experience and the game does a really good job at making you feel at the center of the plot. The story is not linear and the choices you make do feel like they actually matter unlike the old fallout games. It was an interesting experience, but at some points the gameplay did hinder you with an obtrusive dialogue of your 'advisor', but not to the point if it becoming annoying.

To summarize without spoiling, it's about the future and ethics of our civilization and how we'll deal with privacy. Just as the book did, but in a simply numbed down version. The game is therefor not perfect, it lacked some depth in certain parts of the story. But the fact that you can go and play the game again will make the second time playing a complete different experience as you can now advance with knowledge of your previous playthrough which makes up for it.

~~==~~ 🐺 *Verdict* 🐺 ~~==~~
Should you get and play this game? Maybe, it's not for everyone. If you're interested in a more reading based game where choices matter that explores the future of privacy, than yes. In case you're not hyped about something like that I would still give the game a go if you can get it on sale
Rating: 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 · · · (7/10)

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