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Immortality is a game that anyone interested in compelling narratives should check out. The story of Marissa Marcel and her journey from unknown model to rising star, and then her unexplained disappearance into pop-culture obscurity is one that will enthrall players and stick with you long after the credits have rolled.
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Sam Barlow has somehow done it again, raising the bar for the FMV / interactive movie genre once more. Immortality is yet another masterpiece of storytelling.
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Ultimately, one's enjoyment of Immortality is going to depend entirely on two things: if they like art house films and if they have the patience to sift through over 200 clips of mostly-boring footage to get the story's full picture. The story itself is interesting enough that players will find themselves compelled to keep returning to the game to look for more clues, even if they're otherwise bored, but gameplay-wise, it doesn't have much to offer beyond its one genius trick. Immortality is something that everyone should at least try through Xbox Game Pass, but they should go in understanding...
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Nothing less than a whole new genre of video game, that evolves the interactive movie into something that feels dynamic and excitingly different.
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Sam Barlow’s latest deftly weaves cinema and interactive fiction together to create something both unsettling and unexpected.
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In search of Marissa Marcel, players will find a story obsessed with the process of making art. More fascinating than anything found in the hundreds of archival clips at your fingertips is the phantom that looms over Immortality itself, the auteur who created it. To become something great it leaves behind video games and reaches toward cinema but cannot find its own place. This internal struggle leads to a frustrating experience that is better off forgotten, just like Marissa Marcel.
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Once this game has been out for a while, I might never stop talking about it. It is a triumph in the FMV game genre. One that elevates it to heights I could have never imagined for the video game medium. It’s releasing directly into Game Pass, so there is no reason you shouldn’t at least give it a try. This is one of the, if not the best gaming experiences of my lifetime.
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Immortality is Sam Barlow's most ambitious project. It presents an engrossing narrative, with numerous moments that will amaze you as you discover them. The only downside is that you can end up with repetitive scenes without knowing what to do next.
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“Immortality is an astonishing work of interactive fiction that's every bit as unsettling and unforgettable as the films that inspired it.”
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The words Full Motion Video (or FMV for short) cannot even be uttered without discussion quickly turning to developer Sam Barlow. Serving as the creative director and writer on 2015’s Her Story, this venture arguably brought the resurgence of the live-action video game genre. It was absolutely showstopping, bringing investigative mechanics into games in an entirely new way. Following that came the successor Telling Lies, featuring more of the same kind of work, only with a higher budget. No...
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Sam Barlow's epic mystery of self-reference and cinema is an elaborate, ingenious enigma - one that would be even better if it didn't want to be solved.
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What you’ll end up taking away from Immortality is going to be unique to your experience. The conclusions you draw will be the subject of conversations with friends for days, even weeks, to come. It surprises just as often as it confounds, and that in itself makes this a rather extraordinary experience. It’s also perhaps one of the purest examples of video games as art we’ve seen to date: a piece of art about artists. Does that make for an enjoyable experience? Not always. At times it’s drawn-out, boring, a chore, even, as you obsess over every bit of footage...
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Immortality is an ambitious and considered look at art, storytelling, film, religion, and many other things, but it doesn't quite catch all the metaphorical apples it throws in the air.
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The latest game from Sam Barlow and Half Mermaid builds on what you've come to expect while also subverting its own genre in clever ways.
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Immortality, the new FMV game from Half Mermaid and Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story and Telling Lies, is unsettling and stellar.
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Immortality is easily Sam Barlow's best game to date and, when you consider the delights he's served up previously, well, you get an idea of just how good this one really is. It's a dazzling display from any angle you to choose to admire it; top-notch acting, brilliant writing, a core mechanic that's complex but carried off with style and grace, intuitive controls that draw you into your role...just remember to avoid spoilers, dive into the mystery of Marissa Marcel completely unsullied, and you're in for one of the most exquisite gaming experiences of this year, or any other, by...
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