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dkirschner's ICEY (PC)
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| [December 13, 2024 06:25:47 PM]
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Picked this up because it was supposed to be a clever unreliable narrator / narrator messes with you type game (like Stanley Parable or something). It is a game in such a genre, but it's not nearly as clever or funny as Stanley Parable, Pony Island, The Beginner's Guide, Superliminal, etc., etc. It's short, there's not a lot of substance, it's combat-heavy, and the combat is not great.
You play as ICEY, a cyborg that is going after the big bad boss, Judas. On the way, you'll kill lots of other bosses and (often annoying) enemies. You'll upgrade some moves, and you'll listen to the narrator. The narrator really only has one "trick," and that is to tell you to follow the arrows (and then get frustrated with you when you don't). Yes, you'll die a couple times by not following the arrows, but obviously (videogame logic), you should explore and not follow the arrows. Exploring gets you more cash and more upgrades from secret areas, plus some cool fourth-wall breaking developer commentary (my favorite part of the whole game). Following the arrows takes you on the straight path.
I accidentally tuned it to "hard" difficulty and when it got really, really difficult right at the end, I realized that I couldn't manually change it to easy. I actually watched the last boss on YouTube. This would have been cooler if I'd never played any of the aforementioned games. Neat, sure, but in 2024, it doesn't stand up like it might have when it came out in 2016.
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dkirschner's ICEY (PC)
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Current Status: Finished playing
GameLog started on: Thursday 12 December, 2024
GameLog closed on: Friday 13 December, 2024 |
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