Ratings and Reviews by RobMagus
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Seeing Into the Future, November 6, 2016I think if more fictions written in Texture were available, I would only have given this two stars. It feels very linear, and there's no sense that your choices have meaningful consequences.
However, I have a soft spot for the setting and tone and concept. And there is a sequence where (Spoiler - click to show)you are giving a client a reading, and are given the opportunity to play it straight, unscrupulously gather information about the client, and/or try to use some psychology/intuition. I quite liked that, as well as the vague sense of unease provided by a later scene and by the abrupt, open ending--which perfectly caps this particular experience.
I suspect that, in the future, if Texture takes off and there is a wider variety of games using it, this review may change. As it stands, it's worth playing to see how Texture works and have an enjoyable little experience.
Interesting Literary Experiment, November 6, 2016This is more of a toy and tinkering experiment than a narrative fiction--there are no puzzles or story which you as a character get involved in--but it's worth experiencing either way. It really highlights something Texture excels at: recontextualizing existing on-screen text.
That's ultimately the whole point of this piece--the fun of engaging with Endure is that you a) can choose from amongst a number of different -ways- of recontextualising text ((Spoiler - click to show)from strict translation, to making a joke of it, and others) and b) unless you can (Spoiler - click to show)read ancient greek, the starting text is totally opaque, which -forces- you to recontextualise the text in order to play. Neat!
(I included spoilers of things you immediately see upon starting play because part of the fun is realizing what it wants you to do. Just try it, it'll take maybe five minutes!)
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