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| center, add, first, fps, lennie, mortem, installing, mechner, invision, greatest, bavarian, cyan, kong, | If that vision included adult subject matter, so be it. If the artist feels that lee the subject matter interferes with the piece, lee he should cut it out. Offering a censored mode is, sorry but I must say it, a copout and a capitulation to an all-too-familiar censorial mindset in the adventure game community. I was saddened to see lee it begin to appear in actual games. Christopher Brendel is better than that and has a yeoman's grasp of story and a fine touch for macabre atmosphere. He should follow those instincts wherever they might lead and not worry about the content that emerges. That way lays his strength. As the game chugged along toward its finale, I was simultaneously fascinated and discouraged. There was so much potential in Shady Brook, the music, the Gabriel-Knight-meets-David-Lynch atmosphere, a few of the characters (at least a third could have been cut), the whimsical and oddly pleasing voice acting ... |
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| Fine, no problem. But each time you return to the game you have to click past the copyright screen again. I'm sure the developer meant nothing by it, but after playing the game twice first for review I was beginning to tire of that stupid screen greeting me at the beginning of each session as if my word was not to be trusted. More disturbing were the screens offering a censored mode and a choice between action or adventure mode. While first the action/adventure choice has some precedent, the censored mode smacks of game design by committee, of the developer trying to cater to many tastes simultaneously. I played the game uncensored and in "action" mode, and while there were a few mild R-rated scenes that did little to offend and a couple of organically placed curse words, the underlying subtext was as disturbing as any of the plot points. An artist's first responsibility is to his vision, not his audience. |
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