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A variety of genres rolled into a cohesive story. An influential IF game., February 3, 2016Photopia is often cited as the best interactive fiction of all time. It has won numerous awards, inspired a shift to story-centered Interactive Fiction, and so on. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Short, unique, and relatively on-rails, December 18, 2015by chairbender Likes: Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Photopia review, July 5, 2015by Cder An amazing and touching game. Once you realize what all of the seemingly disconnected events have in common with one another, it will be quite the shock. Most of the events are told in different perspectives, all tying together into one specific event, and you will recognize said event when it reveals itself. 5/5, would play again. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Integrated graphical effects and strong emotional impact, January 19, 2015by Amphiareion Photopia has been an influential game. The amount of interactivity is small, but the story drives the game along. As has been mentioned, the emotional impact should really be classed as manipulative, but it is effectively done. The author manages to put the player into the skin of a number of different roles and also to make the reader identify with characters at different stages of their lives. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Fantastic color themed game!, January 10, 2015by Chai Hai (Kansas City KS) I loved this! I loved how each part was themed by a color, and finding how everything fit together was really well done. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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21 people found the following review helpful:
Eh...I feel like I'm missing something., September 24, 2014by akaisha0 (Omaha, Nebraska) I feel like this game is entirely lost on me. I saw this on so many top lists and read so many fantastic reviews I had to give it a try and I admit my hopes were far higher than they should have been. This game was a colossal let down for me. I make it no secret that I prefer text adventures to "interactive fiction" but I felt this offered me neither. I appreciate that it tried (and succeeded) at doing something new with non-linear story telling with time and the wonderful use of color. But beyond that it was dull and uninteresting. This can't be called a game, a story, or even an experience. It just fails on all counts. Photopia is easily played in less than an hour and the hardest puzzle for me was trying to figure out how to exit the garage. This game is not interactive which would be fine if it told an interesting story, but it failed on that count too. In the beginning you're led through disjointed tales under the assumption they will likely culminate into a larger scheme. The problem is..they really don't. You can infer a reasonable bit by the end of how it all pieces together but it leaves entirely too much to the imagination and gave me absolutely no reason to care. I didn't care for any of the characters or situations, I kept playing out of the assumption this was going somewhere and it didn't. This story was beyond a let down. It has so many wonderful reviews and I can't tell if I'm just not pretentious enough to see it for what it is or if I just saw through it for what it was: a dull, lifeless, uninteresting, "story". It wasn't a game, it was hardly a story. I think you should play it to judge for yourself. I think it stands as an important piece of interactive fiction history and certainly influenced games that would come after it but..even as a catalyst for a brighter future of IF games, I can't praise it. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (1) - Add comment
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5 people found the following review helpful:
Masterful, January 18, 2014by scottmbruner (alameda, california) Putting aside technical criticisms, Photopia clearly succeeds in its artistic ambitions - to create an immersive, emotional resonant experience by using IF elements to build intimacy with a touching, devastating tale. Revelatory. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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11 people found the following review helpful:
A Curiosity, But Perhaps Not A Masterpiece, March 24, 2012by Jim Kaplan (Jim Kaplan has a room called the location. The location of Jim Kaplan is variable.) Related reviews: adam cadre, fantasy Play it if: you have a thing for IF that treats itself as a linear story rather than a game, for this is by its very conception one of the least interactive entries into the genre; and if you're big on "emotional" stories in your IF. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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7 people found the following review helpful:
Well worth a try!, March 24, 2012by RekoOne The story is catchy and puzzling, you really wants to understand how the different episodes fit together. And in the end the solution is quite clever, even if a bit sad. You might describe it a puzzle-less. But it does have some puzzles and even a maze or two. So puzzle-light might be more correct. Some of the later parts of the game is a bit too illogically and with bad fairytale-feeling. But still a short and easy game well worth a try. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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8 people found the following review helpful:
Beautiful, December 6, 2011by blu_gtar87 In a word, this story is simply beautiful. Definitely a tear-jerker. Definitely heart-warming. I call this a story because while there is a puzzle element to it, it is not difficult. One action or just a few actions can quickly lead to the story's progression. This is a good beginner's game, but also one that will leave a lasting imprint on the mind. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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