Assuming you're a male player, did you identify with Michael or did you feel like you were just a 3rd party watching his (mis)adventures?

Normally, playing a game like this, him being the only male character and the story being told from his point of view, you'd naturallly put yourself in his shoes.

However, despite the story being told from Michael's point of view, the game tells you that you are someone else, "the viewer". Michael even talks to you directly, making it clear that you're not playing his role.

Additionally, his behavior is all over the place and just generally illogical. I know it's probably because he's slightly crazy himself, but it makes it really hard to put yourself in his place.

It all struck me as highly unusual.

I can't even being to imagine what female players would feel like. Even if they strongly identified with Allison or Kathryn, the story is still told from Michael's point of view, and then there's the whole "viewer" thing added to that.

I didn't really feel on the side of the doctor or the husband, the person I felt most sorry for was Allison. The other two were manipulative pricks really.

Freniere, you asked, "I can't even being to imagine what female players would feel like. Even if they strongly identified with Allison or Kathryn, the story is still told from Michael's point of view, and then there's the whole "viewer" thing added to that"

Having recently finished TLC I can give one woman's answer. I primarily identified with Dr. Turner who had asked at the beginning about giving the whole situation a "fresh eye". Secondly, of the characters in the story, I most identified with Michael. At least in my version, his behavior seemed consistent and made sense. Katherine's seemed a bit nutso, sometimes professional, sometimes not so much! I never could figure her out. Michael seemed caught in the stiutation and trying to cope with his guilt about both Jody and Allison and was ambivalent about what was best for Allison. To add to his stress, he had contradictory feelings about Kathryn.

I read and listened to everyone's journals and even at the end, what Michael was going on about made sense and tied into something he related in his computer journal.

pimpmonkey2382, in my version I can agree wtih you about Kathryn being manipulative, but Michael seemed to behave like a man under increasing stress and slowly being driven to the edge by Kathryn and past events.

Ooooh, I should have checked back here before now.

Fascinating how different people view the same story (barring the very minor differences between scenes) so very differently.