Games

Her Story

Sam Barlow

2015•Point-and-click•PEGI 16•About 3 hours

Taste attributes: adventuredramamysteryanimalsdetectiverobots/ai/spacefresh & originalheavyintricatelinearglossyall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeLayered and serious: an original point-and-click adventure. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: very intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

81 / 100

289 ratings

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About This Game

Her Story is the new video game from Sam Barlow, creator of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Aisle. A crime fiction game with non-linear storytelling, Her Story revolves around a police database full of live action video footage. It stars Viva Seifert, actress and one half of the band Joe Gideon and the Shark.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Her Story sits you in front of a mothballed desktop computer that’s logged into a police database of video footage. The footage covers seven interviews from 1994 in which a British woman is interviewed about her missing husband. Explore the database by typing search terms, watch the clips where she speaks those words and piece together her story.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureDramaMysteryAnimalsDetectiveRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questComplex relationshipFighting evilSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

Interactive movieCinematicFemale protagonistMurder mysteryCrimeWord gameSingle-player onlyFull motion video

Where to play

Details

Developer: Sam Barlow
Publisher: Sam Barlow
Released: 24 June 2015
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 2h rushed, 3h normally, 4h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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