Anamorphine

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• Way Too Many Games

  Todd Eggleston · Sep 14, 2018

  7.0

  Anamorphine is an emotional tale held back by technical shortcomings. It conveys addiction and mental illness with a beautiful grace and care. It delves into the danger and destruction of both depression and denial. Forced to face your past or be consumed by it.

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• PS Lifestyle

  Chandler Wood · Aug 14, 2018

  5.5

  The whole near-death experience sent me spiraling and to a very negative place. Knowing that my story could have ended like Elena’s is a sobering thought, and it helps me to feel stronger, knowing how that kind of decision would have impacted those closest to me. Anamorphine makes an important distinction by not only exploring the mental illness, but exploring the impacts that it has on those around you.

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• Push Square

  Simon Fitzgerald · Aug 11, 2018

  4.0

  Anamorphine is a very unique walking simulator which explores very mature themes and has a very well presented intriguing story that successfully raises awareness of depression and the impact it can have on people’s lives. Although Anamorphine’s story is interesting, it ultimately fails to be a truly entertaining and fun experience due to the overwhelming amount of performance issues throughout.

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• GameSpace.com

  Robin Baird · Aug 08, 2018

  7.0

  Overall Anamorphine is a touching and interesting story which is infinitely relatable. I wish the storytelling had been a bit more varied and I hadn’t had my issue with motion sickness. All of that said, if you enjoy narrative exploration games this is a good one to check out.

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• COGconnected

  Stephanie Sung · Aug 05, 2018

  6.7

  Anamorphine is a beautiful narrative similar to a movie. Despite it being a game, it is not necessarily entertaining or fun, and I don’t think it chooses to be. Artifact 5 creatively uses the gaming technology as a way to present a story in a visual manner. It is impressive and well developed, with characters you grow to understand and empathize with. While there are issues with the performance of the game, there is definitely room for growth and development for an even better experience.

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• Upload VR

  Jamie Feltham · Jul 31, 2018

  5.0

  One fatal foot wrong meant that Anamorphine made a strong impact on me for the wrong reasons. While it has some interesting ideas on how to present mental suffering, the innocent act of overlooking one crucial moment meant it ultimately failed to justify its tour of misery and left me with too sour a taste. By the time I discovered there was a sunnier conclusion out there, the damage had been done.

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