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- Kyle Seeley
- Kyle Seeley
- Kyle Seeley
- Kyle Seeley
Emily is Away
Released On: Nov 20, 2015
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7.3
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Based on 81 User Ratings
7.3
48% Positive
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
41% Mixed
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
11% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 81 User Ratings
7.3
48% Positive
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
41% Mixed
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
11% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
me : Hi
emily34 is away
since when did games became so realistic?
10/10 beautiful real-life messanger simulator.
Please make facebook version so I can perform some un-returning likes and pokes
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A really clever throwback to the days of AOL instant messenger and a great way to tell a story. If your nostalgia does not resonate with that program there is a still a good story here, but it really shines only if you experienced AIM back in the day. Very short but sweet story.
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In the very first place, the game attracts most players (even me) with simply designed graphic and gameplay plus old-school XP desktop background. The in-game character, Emily offers players a
block of variable reactions to what they choose to reply her. But the game itself disappoints its dear players with some glitches in gameplay mechanics. Despite being a social network program simulator, there's no way for messages to be deleted once they were typed down. The game mostly always turns into a same ending no matter what decisions a player makes or at least, desires it to end as he wishes. Besides, the ending scenario is convoluted and desperately illogical, which is more likely rushing and forcing the game itself to finish off much earlier than expected. In conclusion, 'Emily is Away' totally deserves a medium rating for its developers have dedicated to the game's story and their efforts in composing a virtually clever conversation among players and Emily.
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This is one of those games where the choices you make has very little impact on the actual ending. It's meant to be nostalgic but it kind of **** mashing a random key on my keyboard just to progress text. I think what's super lame is the lack of choice at the end where you can choose something but the game types out something completely different making your choice null. Fake choices ****.
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I don't downright hate Emily is away it's just that it doesn't use it's setup that well. For a game that's trying to be a "be nice to people or they'll think your bad so speak nice to them" games like Telltale always pump out But for free I'll say this game is okay. The main thing that I find wrong with Emily is away is that it builds up the relationship with Emily wrong. It's trying to be a game similar to Telltale games where characters are affected by what you say. It has this feature but unlike Telltale they don't use this well. Emily never brings these up and seems these opts are only there so they can call themselves a Telltale esque game. The main thing is Emily is away doesn't exactly use the relationships well. All the stuff that has happened off keyboard (When you're not talking to Emily) is all hidden and cryptic as if you were already supposed to know what happened whereas the whole game is you just typing on your keyboard so there's no way I could know what happened at certain events. There is one chat every year which sort of also effects the memory system. Even if the memory system worked how could she remember something, a tiny little comment I made a year ago, how could she remember that? If you're going to do this sort of game make it happen one after another or make the decisions and dialogue bit more dynamic.
I'm not coming out here and saying "I downright hate Emily is Away!" because I don't. I don't like it but I can see y other people do. It has a gr8 setup and unique concept. The only way u can affect anything is through speech. your main weapon is your voice. It makes things a bit harder where u can't exactly save someone's life and have them instantly like u forever. There's no way to do that, it makes things a bit more trickier that way and makes it more realistic. It's not like your going to save someone's life in your everyday life is it? The style the game is set out in is also cool. It's set in I think an old windows 2000 and acts like an old windows instant messenger service complete with it's look and sfx.
Overall I think that the game isn't necessarily bad it just feels lacklustre. There doesn't seem to be any reason to play it, it doesn't bring anything new to the table, it doesn't specifically do anything to stand out.
Pros:
Gr8 design
Good setup
Good sfx
Cons:
Lacklustre
It does nothing to stand out
the remembering system is unnecessary as you'll get the same ending no matter what
only 30 mins long
Final Verdict: 4/10
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Summary Remember a time before Facebook and Skype? When Windows XP was the next big thing and AIM was king. Relive that era with Emily is Away. Create a screenname and browse buddy infos in this chat-bot meets adventure game. Explore your relationship with Emily, a fellow high school student, in a branching narrative where you choose the outco...
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Nov 20, 2015
Developer:
- Kyle Seeley
Publisher: Kyle Seeley
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