Its over-reliance on tedious shooting creates an uneven balance of storytelling and gameplay, stymying Liberated’s otherwise thoughtful interpretation of the interactive comic.
Liberated
Atomic Wolf · Jul 30, 2020
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Liberated is an interactive dystopian graphic novel that unfolds on the pages of a comic book. The game is made up of 4 chapters - comic book issues showing the story from a perspective of different characters. It is set in a dark world in the near future where technology turned against people.
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- Doshin the Giant is a wholly unique and pleasingly confusing experience. Balancing working hard and being loved alongside doing things quickly but being hated — as well as random natural disasters — allows for a degree of tactics in an otherwise super chilled-out game.
- 5.5Liberated is a game that could have been better. The premise is fine but full of clichés, and there's nothing new to make it more interesting to those who have heard these stories countless times already. The presentation is nice, but the pauses between page turns feel unnecessary considering the style. The gameplay feels repetitive, since direct violence is the only viable answer.
- “When I went into the game, I already expected a cliché dystopian story. What I didn’t see coming is how underdeveloped the characters and plot would be. I expected at least some innovation or an attempt at telling a good story, but this wasn’t even remotely the case. Liberated fell flat on its face; the chapters kept trudging along without adding anything of substance and the gameplay sections were a drag. Everything about the game fails to keep a player engaged; there are a lot of games with the same concept that do a much better job.”
- Liberated does something different from many other indie games on the market these days. Its unique play style is already worth the buy, but combine it with stunning art, great flow, and a story that might be almost too relevant, and you got the ideal game to sit down with and get lost in. Maybe just not if you want to get away from current real-world affairs.
- 7.1The plot and gameplay are both simple to understand, even if the game did end too quickly. I also would have liked some variety in enemies and more strategizing in the game, but this is based on a pretty realistic world and having overpowered robots would probably not fit into the narrative. While it may not the most exciting action-adventure platformer out there, the artwork and stylish storytelling is impressive and makes the experience worthwhile.
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Liberated
Liberated is a short game with only a couple of hours and pretty basic gameplay. You move to the right and shoot your enemys. This doesn't sound al that hard but with the somewhat unresponsive controls I still had a hard time at some parts of the game. But this isn't a game you need to play for the gameplay, this is a game you need to play for the story. The story is set in 5 different 'comic books' you'll read and play trough. The story itself is set in an dystopian future with an interessting take on modern life. The ending of this story really had me thinking.
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