YouвЂ™ll realize youвЂ™re actually rationalizing the answers to yourself. The game subtly forces you to weigh your own takes on issues like transhumanism and what really defines us as humans. Moreover, The Red Strings Club presents some heavy duty moral and ethical questions without hammering them into your head, as everythingвЂ™s within context. The road there might be nuanced with different emphases, but even at the very last choice, you can make it personal. I applaud the developers for sticking to only one ending, true to their vision. ThereвЂ™s at least an illusion that you drive the story by your choices. Also, the game directly tests the player's wits, not only through the writing but the interaction it requires. Everyone participating in discussions are evenly present, challenging each other. The dialogue is constantly sharp without making a fuss about it, as many important lines and realizations come off matter-of-factly. These are not typical adventure game heroes, who go about asking every random person they meet about everything. The story is told through well-written characters.

The obtained information must be truly understood, and more so, played within the ensuing events. In this way, the game requires persistent attention and the ability to read between the lines. Whenever Donovan has had a conversation with his customers, Akara-184 questions whether he (or rather, the player) has understood what they were really saying. As an information broker, DonovanвЂ™s intention is to gather as much intelligence as possible without the customers even realizing it.ДЄll the while, Akara-184 monitors the situation, with her lanky, androgynous figure stuffed in a porterвЂ™s uniform.

For example, you can stir a drink to appeal to a customerвЂ™s vanity, or perhaps depression, making them spill their beans. This takes the form of a minigame where you blend several beverages to obtain desired results. His secret is how he can mix drinks to hit different emotional sweet spots. ItвЂ™s frequently visited by Supercontinent executives, whom Donovan milks for information. Most of the play takes place at DonovanвЂ™s titular club. It plays foremost with information how you obtain it and how you use it to serve your needs. The game is a mix of an interactive cyberpunk thriller and detective story told in three acts. Although the game is story-driven, itвЂ™s not a narrative experience (formerly known as вЂњwalking simulatorsвЂќ) either. The Red Stings Club may look like a point-and-click adventure with its beautiful retro pixel art, but itвЂ™s not exactly that. With the help of Akara-184 (beautiful but creepy, as Brandeis points out), they set on a mission to put an end to SupercontinentвЂ™s plans. Donovan and Brandeis are not keen of everyone turning into joyous puppets. Activated through implants, its purpose is to eradicate peopleвЂ™s negative feelings and grant unlimited happiness. The seemingly altruistic corporation Supercontinent is about to launch the Social Psyche Welfare program, with the mirror neural algorithm hidden in its code. Brandeis plugs his neural interface into the androidвЂ™s mind and finds out there are some sinister plans brewing. Suddenly, in bursts a wounded empathy android, a rogue Akara-unit by the number 184. The cool man at the keyboard is self-acclaimed hero Brandeis, neural hacker specialized in social engineering. On a late evening in The Red Strings Club, bartender Donovan, information broker and drink mixer extraordinaire, listens to his lover playing piano.

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