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There are a lot of things that you can’t even pick up, and even the handful that you can interact with are pointless. Jo: There really isn’t a good range of interaction with objects. Rik: It definitely feels like they made this big hotel then ran out of time and put a quite short story on top of it. #The suicide of rachel foster endings freeThe magic balance is where you are on rails, but it doesn’t feel that way, so you feel free to roam around but the story still unfolds as it should. We’ve talked about being on rails vs pointless romping before. Jo: Yeah, it’s very clunky in that respect. But right from the start, I was trying to look at things, and it won’t let you do anything at all until you go where you’re meant to go. Given the scale of the hotel, I thought that there would be a lot to uncover, but that really isn’t the case. I found it weird that you could barely look at or do anything. Rik: I mean, you’re someone who likes to explore. I felt much less forgiving during my second playthrough. I was quite enjoying it and was intrigued enough to keep going, but it took a turn, got worse, and then suddenly a *lot* worse. Jo: I don’t know if it’s because I went in with such low expectations, but certainly initially I thought it was ok. But most of those misgivings focused on the ending, so I thought maybe it might be a mixed bag… but actually it is quite bad from the start, in my view. Rik: I think maybe I got wind of some misgivings expressed in reviews, which I started digging into slightly and then backed away from, as I thought we’d likely still play it. Jo: Yes, as we were talking about getting the names muddled up. I think in the middle of one of our previous chats, we mentioned it as something that had come out fairly recently: another first-person adventure with a name like, ‘The something of someone something…’ Possibly the newest game ever covered on FFG! Rik: It’s a very new game compared with the others. But I had got wind that it wasn’t great – so my expectations were very, very low. Probably less than I knew about the others we’ve played. Rik: What did you know about it going in? Jo: I agree on all fronts – I certainly wouldn’t go freely recommending it. I think potentially people could find it upsetting, and not in a ‘this is powerful’ kind of way, more a ‘this is badly misjudged’ kind of way. Rik: That said, this is probably the first game we’ve discussed that I might not advise anyone just to go in blind with and ‘give it a go’. #The suicide of rachel foster endings fullEspecially in this case, I’m happy I didn’t pay full price. It’s kind of like watching a disappointing film. Rik: I suppose all that can be said is, if you wait for sales, then these games don’t cost much, and don’t take up too much of your time. Typically, I only heard murmurings that it wasn’t very good *after* I had bought it. Rik: The irony is, we talked previously about the name being a bit copy/paste from other titles, and then the game itself turns out to be the same. Jo: I think we both put it on the list though. Rik: Well, shall we just start with me saying: this was my choice, and it is quite a bad game and I am sorry. Ok? Now here’s your ***FINAL SPOILER WARNING*** for the discussion below. So some caution is advised, especially as the trailer makes it look quite good. It makes some rather alarming decisions at various points, particularly towards the end, and it’s a hard one to recommend as a result of some of its missteps. If you think you know what you’re getting into from the name of the game and the brief synopsis above, be warned: you’re not. However, unlike in most of the games we’ve covered thus far, the serious topics within, and how they’re handled here, are cause for some concern. Normally at this point I’d drop a teaser trailer here and offer generic encouragement to spend time with the game before proceeding. It’s a place that brings back unpleasant memories for Nicole, whose family life was torn apart following revelations of her father Leonard’s affair with a teenage girl, the eponymous Rachel, who was later found to have taken her own life. Today’s game is The Suicide of Rachel Foster (developed by One O One Games and published by Daedalic Entertainment in 2020), in which you play as Nicole Wilson, a young woman returning, after the death of her parents, to an abandoned hotel that was once her childhood home. #The suicide of rachel foster endings seriesWelcome again to Discussion: (spoilers!), a series in which we discuss an indie game, with spoilers. ![]()
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