SIMULACRA
Pegbiter
Senior Content Writer
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The Good
- Phone interface has a very natural feel
- contacts actually correspond with you
- use of video to flesh out its realism and horror vibe
- plenty to do in this investigation with actual player choice.
The Bad
- Voice acting quality makes it a questionable, immersion-breaking addition
- occasionally creepy but a far cry from truly scary
- the relatively few puzzles are easy to solve.
Our Verdict
Decent
A qualified success; the positive aspects still outnumber the negative, but the weaknesses noticeably hinder the experience.
While not flawless and more focused on narrative than puzzles, SIMULACRA manages to be a fun experience by offering more player agency than its lost phone contemporaries, throwing players into an ongoing missing persons investigation – with a supernatural twist.
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