Most of the time, you’ll be acquiring items and then utilising them in certain ways to complete your task, or switching between your normal reality or your Augmented Virtual Reality glasses (AVR) to see how differently the world looks and how it can be interacted with. You won’t be simply pointing and clicking, and it’s not as simple as always combining two objects together to make something.

The devs interlace the gameplay with a high level of analytical thinking. You’re probably thinking that the gameplay is dull, that for a point and click game that’s all I’ll be doing. There’s more to this world than just tech-obsessed hackers. Honestly, the best follow up to this game would be to have its own novel. This was easily the thing that kept me hooked since every level leaves you with more questions, and the desire to learn more about the world. The story and the detailed world are probably the best parts of this title, and I couldn’t do them justice if I tried to hype them up. It’s hard to make a pixel-art point and click title feel like the world it’s set in is alive and kicking, but the developer, Theta Division, absolutely accomplished that. There’s plenty of opportunities to learn about the VirtuaVerse world, and it’s worth doing so. I can’t go much further than that without spoiling it, but that’s it in essence. After weaving through the city’s back alleys, digging up information about who Jay really is, and learning about the digital realm of the city and its tech-obsessed citizens, Nathan soon realizes that his once peaceful existence is not all as it seems. Struck with curiosity, Nathan knows he has to find out why she’s left all of a sudden. She says she’s had to leave quickly but doesn’t explain why. You play as Nathan, who wakes up to find his girlfriend, Jay, has left a note written in lipstick on the bathroom mirror. I’ll try to explain the story without spoiling it.

Plus, it’s a dystopian cyberpunk, which is a fantastic genre in and of itself. And oh my god the music and art style, it’s fantastic. I’m really glad I didn’t skip it either because it has probably one of the best stories and worlds that I’ve experienced in a game. But, VirtuaVerse caught my eye, and I felt obliged to check this one out. For that reason, I stayed away from them. They always felt a bit cheap, a bit easy to make since those ones were just a bit of dialogue interlaid with a couple interactables. I haven’t played a point and click game since my high school days playing flash games on.

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