- Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Using the new governmental security program that has the power to survey the online presence of every person in The Nation, you investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks.
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Contemporary, grave, bleak and contemplative.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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PolygonColin CampbellNov 20169/10Orwell grabs the problem of how we balance our own liberty and our safety and turns it into a thrilling adventure. It unfolds complex debate points into a dazzling satire, that neatly presents all the relevant arguments as a series of moral problems, dressed up in a frighteningly convincing world.
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GameGrinAndrew DuncanNov 20169.5/10If you like getting an hour per monetary unit, then you definitely get that in Orwell. The campaign is as long as Titanfall 2, and it has a heck of a lot more gameplay to it than BATMAN the Telltale Series, both of which cost more and are written just as well.
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GamingTrendSarah MarchantNov 201690/100Orwell is a thought-provoking game about privacy, politics, and ethical dilemmas such as sacrificing a few in favor of the whole. With immersive visuals and a multi-layered story, it will instantly pull you in. This game offers high replayability and starts much-needed conversations in this age of technology.
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KritiqalNate KiernanMar 2020Games like Orwell recklessly attempt to work backward from the lies used to justify surveillance, rather than recognizing that we have to fight the concept itself. It is a game decades too late to matter and does more to legitimize its target than it does to take them down.
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Game InformerJavy GwaltneyDec 20166/10Orwell is a lukewarm interactive thriller with several moments that hit hard, but it’s inconsistent and some of the writing is laughably bad
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Osmotic Studios
- Publisher
- Surprise Attack Games
- Released
- October 27, 2016
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 6 h rushed · 6.5 h main story · 8 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.8/10 from 144 ratings.
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