SIMULACRA: Pipe Dreams

I've always loved Simulacra! And years later, when I found out Simulacra 3 and this game was a thing? I clicked IMMEDIATELY. And it was free!!! I haven't finished it yet but I love this game and it's satire so much. I love the attention to detail on the ads too. They truly made a 100% free game with a satirical free to play game IN A FREE TO PLAY GAME experience! I love the entire concept of these games. I feel like it's the next analog horror.

I'm not entirely sure what to think about this one. It felt really short and unsatisfactory after Simulacra. I loved Simulacra. The character and the game. Simulacra was just the biggest bum of a demon who just doesn't get the point of human life. He was decently voice acted. He criticized social media and "pretenders". It was cool and scary at several points. Whatever the demon... thing here is called, I don't like her. She's a weak, annoying rehash of what made the Simulacra so cool and intriguing. He was a malicious creature who follows you through the game but doesn't reveal himself until the end. She's always there and the ending feels really mediocre. I didn't get invested into.. any of the characters, honestly, the game was just too short. But especially not her, which I thought was quite sad considering how much I loved her counterpart. There seems to also be a sort of lack of morality questions? also the ads. guys I'll gladly pay you for your games but I am going to go crazy if I have to watch another real 40-second ad, i know its criticizing pay-to-win culture. i get it. please don't make me watch more real ads. i'll watch ninja-foxeroo over and over. Furthermore whos idea was it to have the play store open after every real ad? THAT is super annoying. Gameplay is great, as always. Very immersive. Clean UI. Crashed once but I blame that on my phone (shoutout to bq for that one). Would have been great if only there was more content.

This was amazing! The atmosphere was incredible, I loved how it was showing different forms of reality, how you get sucked into a game when you lose everything, it's just amazing! It scared me, it made me uncomfortable, but it was what was intended! It would be 5 stars, but I didn't like having to watch so many ads to get eggs for the good ending, but that could also be just a sign that if the player is truly dedicated to saving Teddy, they'll do whatever it takes. Just all out an amazing game!