Sin VegaThis will not be the last time I write about Heart of the Machine, a very funny and excellent game
I cut out quite a few of its funniest lines and most exciting "oh my god can I really do that" hints cos like... you're gonna love it so much more
plus there's lots of stuff I haven't discovered, cos so much depends on what actions you take. I am annoyed nobody I know is playing it cos I want to find out what they do, and what happens to them
I'll be doing a more in depth look for RPS soon, but the v short version: I think this might be Arcen's best game yet
That will probably be meaningless to you. Which is fine. But it's huge praise for a studio that always made unique, inventive, ambitious and experimental games, and have gone through a long, hard struggle over the last decade after that didn't pay off financially
and by "best" I don't mean most sellable. I mean it feels like the best of their genrequeer (patented, copyright, R in a little circle don't u fuckin dare disney me) design ethos, with loads of detail and possibilities but really easy to play and rewarding to fuck around with
It's also the first time their humour has consistently landed. Just a superb conference of their best qualities