Her Story

Ranked1_of_1 · 22 Jun 2015 at 09:53

Not sure if anyone else is interested (or even aware) of this game. I did a search but it didn't find anything. I've just listened to episode 96 of The Crate and Crowbar where they waxed lyrical about it.

It is a detetective game by Sam Barlow (Silent Hill) where you only have access to a police database that stores hundreds of video clips from a series of interviews with a woman about the disappearance of her husband. By utilising the search facility of the database you can search for keywords and find all sections of the interviews that contain those words. Each video clip returned is aprroximately 5-10 seconds long. As you learn more about the mystery the deeper you will be able to search.

http://www.herstorygame.com/

Release 24th June

There is no price on Steam yet, but you can preorder from the website for $4.99.

A Guardian article that probably describes it better than I :

http://www.theguardian.com/technolo...ory-computer-game-true-detective-meets-google

Ranked1_of_1 · 23 Jun 2015 at 20:43

Currently has 87 on Metacritic. Out tomorrow and it looks like I'm the only one on here looking forward to it.

FrenchTart · 23 Jun 2015 at 20:46

This sounds really interesting based on what I read on RPS.

ricky1981 · 23 Jun 2015 at 21:25

I'll definitely pick it up, been playing games for nigh on 30 years and anything that tries something different is worth my time

Spacedeck · 23 Jun 2015 at 21:39

My brother keeps going on about this to me. It sounds.. interesting and for the price, could be worth it. I'll think about buying it before I go bed.

TheVoice · 23 Jun 2015 at 22:42

Read a review of this earlier, sounds really interesting and seems like exactly the sort of thing I'd enjoy.

TheVoice · 27 Jun 2015 at 18:52

Just finished it, all records found. Really enjoyed it, highly recommended.

SiD the Turtle · 27 Jun 2015 at 19:36

Excellent game. Only took me three or four hours to 'finish', but what a intriguing story. Can't say much more without spoiling it though.

When you do finish, all the videos are stored as AVIs in the games install folder if you want to watch them in order.

Daftbrown · 27 Jun 2015 at 20:13

I bought the game thanks to OP starting the thread. Yet to play it as busy but will return when I do. Definitely looks original and interesting, hence the purchase. Cheers OP.

mark43 · 27 Jun 2015 at 20:25

Noticed this on steam earlier, looks really interesting and seems to be getting great reviews. Would be good to hear from a few others who've gone for it but definitely tempted, and seems like a fair price.

mark43 · 27 Jun 2015 at 20:29

Ooh, just to add for anyone buying this. Just noticed its currently £3.49 at the humble store, rather than £4.24 on steam.

Edit - better still £3.29 at GoG, as long as you don't care about a steam key.

ricky1981 · 27 Jun 2015 at 22:35

Loved it, well worth the price of a cup of coffee!

Ranked1_of_1 · 28 Jun 2015 at 09:44

I have finished it as well. I loved it and was everything I hoped it was going to be. I would strongly suggest sitting down to play this for a couple of hours with a pen and paper beside you. The story will gradually unravel before you and as everyones thought process will be different the way the story unfolds will be unique to you.

Even after finishing the game I had questions and a few things I wasnt certain about - the game made me think about it long after I'd finished. I am now going through the videos in chronological order to complete the picture. It is a very clever game in my opinion. The writing is spot on.

Batterz · 28 Jun 2015 at 12:52

this is really interesting..

Vinno · 28 Jun 2015 at 12:59

I'd not heard of this before but it looks pretty damn cool. Very interesting.

AHarvey · 28 Jun 2015 at 13:03

This reminds me of a detective game I had many years ago, you basically got emailed messages and had fake websites to visit, videos to watch and images to examine.

Only played about 10-15 mins of it at the time, went back 6 months later and they had just switched it all off

Jamielicious · 28 Jun 2015 at 14:23

It's also available on iOS, reviews seem to be highly positive. Like those 90s FMV games only with much better writing and acting this time.

Only a matter of time before we see a PC Atmosfear on Kickstarter!

npjnpj · 28 Jun 2015 at 20:14

I must have been unlucky in my playthrough. Somehow I reached the ending with my sixth or seventh database search. The game didn't end but I did reach what I imagine to be chronologically the last clip that wrapped everything up. Couldn't be bothered to backtrack after that.

Cat_J · 28 Jun 2015 at 20:18

Just picked this up, looks interesting, watching download now.

SiD the Turtle · 28 Jun 2015 at 21:49

npjnpj said:
I must have been unlucky in my playthrough. Somehow I reached the ending with my sixth or seventh database search. The game didn't end but I did reach what I imagine to be chronologically the last clip that wrapped everything up. Couldn't be bothered to backtrack after that.

I highly doubt you understand what happened after seven DB searches. The game isn't over until the credits roll!