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March 11, 2010
air pressure
Air pressure by Bentosmile is a visual novel game with different endings about a relationship ending or maybe not.
Arg ! She's not his girlfriend, just his friend. Kjen is right, that's not a good game, but that's not a game. It's an interactive novel, like every day the same dream, complex, realistic, and mooving... AND I LOVE IT !
I thought the symbolism of drug addiction represented as a girl worked really well - I didn't 'get it' until my first playthrough ended (I was consumed in trying to revive the relationship) and it was a really powerful shock when I realised what was really going on.
Is it a drug addiction or did he attempt suicide? I was thinking the girlfriend represented life. The nurse says something about not hitting any major arteries?? I think he was contemplating suicide and deciding whether or not he really wanted to live. Deep subject matter. Boring execution.
First!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletehmmm is this game about a girlfriend he imagined up?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if he imagined it, that's possible.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed it a lot, I found some different ends, still looking for more.
Gee Bart, I think this is the worst "game" ?? ( if you can call it that ) you have ever given us !!
ReplyDeleteArg ! She's not his girlfriend, just his friend.
ReplyDeleteKjen is right, that's not a good game, but that's not a game. It's an interactive novel, like every day the same dream, complex, realistic, and mooving...
AND I LOVE IT !
I thought the symbolism of drug addiction represented as a girl worked really well - I didn't 'get it' until my first playthrough ended (I was consumed in trying to revive the relationship) and it was a really powerful shock when I realised what was really going on.
ReplyDeleteIs it a drug addiction or did he attempt suicide? I was thinking the girlfriend represented life. The nurse says something about not hitting any major arteries??
ReplyDeleteI think he was contemplating suicide and deciding whether or not he really wanted to live.
Deep subject matter. Boring execution.
I found it a really good, deep game.
ReplyDeleteThe graphics cooould have been a bit better, but I liked the music and the gameplay.
I loved how he made the girl into an addiction, choosing whether to keep being addicted or stop. I hope you can find more games like this :3
weird...
ReplyDeleteIf someone find other games like this one, pleeease post the link !!
ReplyDeleteHOW REALLY BOOOORING!
ReplyDeleteI COULDN'T STAND THIS!
I QUITED IN 2 MIN
meh.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bart!! Please keep posting :)
ReplyDeleteit's about the boy's cutting addiction
ReplyDeleteAh! Okay, I gotta stop reading reviews. I was perfectly fine believing this was literal. I learned that its not...
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