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Has anyone played this? The premise sounds interesting; operating from a security booth (cameras, remote doors, lights etc...) to help a lady navigate (and presumably find some hidden danger or somesuch).

Would it be a worthy addition to GOG if added to the wishlist?

Gamespot Review.

Karl

I've got a box from bargan bin somewhere around. And yeah, it's really, really good. Not as good as it sounds, meaning execution's a bit lacking and I have expected far more of the premise, but it's still really cool. And I'll never forget how I've loaded a game in the morning and the protagonist told me: "An entire day. Where have you been!?"

I was ... Actually kind of disappointed that it wasn't.
***Anyone who has no clue what to expect of the game - stop reading here. It's best experienced with no information before playing it. Also, get it, it's great.***
Right, I really didn't like that what the game mostly did was a fairly typical adventure game with preset points where the character could go. Lights mostly served as a cursor and camera was ... heh ... kind of awkward. That's the point tho, so I'm not complaining about it. What I am complaining about it that I hoped the main protagonist will have 'head' of her own - that she'll refuse to do some stuff I ask her to, or ... Well, I just generally expected much more personality out of her, and was kind of sad that I mostly got a puppet who listens to my every command, as in any other adventure game.

Got it from Gamersgate and I must admit I found it a bit disappointing. Gameplay is fine for the duration of the demo but quickly controling the character via cameras becomes tiresome. I still have to find the courage to finish it.

**** stop reading if you want to experience the game properly for the first time ****



Yes, the premiss is more interesting then the actual execution, but it is still very original in that you do not actually control a avatar in the game, and the main gameplay premiss is based on surveillance. While Lea may at time not be seen to clever, the game changes depending on how you act towards her (respect her privacy, keep her safe and so on), though this is not explicitly explained to the player but only experienced in different play-troughs and do thing differently. It has it flaws, but it is an experiment (joke intended) in game play.

Really!? I've only finished it once and never noticed that, that's just so cool! Installing again.

I installed it, played the first couple of minutes, and it seemed very interesting and unique. Haven't had the time to actually play it yet though. But it's pretty high up in my list. :)

I haven't played it, but I like the concept.

It's very similar to a fairly obscure game by Konami called Lifeline. In Lifeline, you are on a space colony that has been overrun with aliens. You are trapped in the surveillance room and you have to give verbal instructions to a woman over the intercom system to help her find you. Lifeline is controlled entirely with the PS2 microphone. It was an odd little experiment with a rather ingenious idea, though poorly implemented.

What's weird is that the title used on GamersGate is a mishmash of the EU title and the US title.

I've played it a few times over the years and i like it alot. There's a bunch of nice little things that add up to a solid title done wiht some originality to it. Only real downside is the end, not terrible but not exactly as good as it could have been either.

I'm not sure what's the hang up with this game coming here, Nordic holds the rights and they're here. The game runs out of the box on modern OS's too.

Léxis Numerique "Missing" series will probably be trickier, i think UBI may have published some of them but some were released by The Adventure Company, so who knows,

I really like LN style, it's a shame they're apparently focusing on other stuff now.

It's Experience 112. Heard about it, found the concept interesting, never played it.

Sometimes, reading helps ... ;)

From amok's post above:

Yeah, but the European title is the *proper* one. ;)

I actually just finished this game for the first time the other day. It's pretty good, with an interesting premise, but there are some seriously irritating elements to the gameplay.

For one, sometimes you can guide her by clicking a far-away light and letting her walk toward it, but other times you have to guide her light-by-light, waiting until she gets where she's going before clicking the next one. It doesn't help that she walks slowly, already making the whole thing a tedious process, and sometimes she automatically walks to a certain point, forcing you to backtrack unnecessarily. At times she can see lights through doors, while other times she fails to see lights that are right in front of her. That kind of inconsistency starts to become grating after awhile, especially added on top of certain other annoyances—specifically, her tendency to use certain words far too often. It got to the point where I'd have stabbed someone in the throat if they managed to use the word "bathyscaphe" in casual conversation.

Still, despite its flaws, it's worth playing at least once and would be a worthy addition to GOG; it's actually a lot of fun rummaging through people's emails and personal files and trying to figure out what's going on. The camera gimmick just happens to come at the cost of convenience, which brings the whole thing down a bit from the incredible game it could have been.