SCD Played Snatcher and....

[TheJoulesThief]

any fans of it? This was my third time trying to finish the game and I finished it over two days. The voice acting was a real treat and a pleasant surprise considering the English translation came in 1994, when VA was still uncommon. I didn't expect how strong the plot, the twists and turns and execution of the dialogue played out. There are definitely some strange translation choices at times, but as a complete package I'm impressed. I used to play adventure/visual novel games as a kid on the family Windows 98 computer, so having an "adult" game transported me to a different era.

Did anyone else find the themes age well? Without getting political and just grazing on current events, the idea that Snatchers could "invade" our political figures and subversively conquer the world stage is a real fear in the age of disinformation. It parallels the current trend of (dis)information co-opting the imagination of our friends and leaders & questions which is the "real" version of that person: the persona in public or on the internet/tweeting. Are you a robotic Snatcher or are you the "real deal"?
Thoughts?

 

[qw90700]

Playing the "game" after reading tons of Philip K. Dick books -> reading "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" -> watching bad adaptation of this book called Blade Runner and all this Snatcher visual novel *ahem* interactive cinema BS is not "wow" at all. It's just a Japanese adaptation of an adaptation lol.

 

[MangaMunchkin]

It was like a mix between Bladerunner (the film not the original book) and Bubblegum crisis, so yeah I loved it. Haven't played it for ages though...

 

[radityaargap]

I loved it. The final shooting section was almost impossible though.

 

[secreto7]

Did anyone else find the themes age well? Without getting political and just grazing on current events, the idea that Snatchers could "invade" our political figures and subversively conquer the world stage is a real fear in the age of disinformation. It parallels the current trend of (dis)information co-opting the imagination of our friends and leaders & questions which is the "real" version of that person: the persona in public or on the internet/tweeting. Are you a robotic Snatcher or are you the "real deal"?
Thoughts?

Always has been.

 

[pr0xy]

I really, really like it. I played it a couple of times already, and I'm planning on playing it again now after beating Death Stranding 2.

Playing the "game" after reading tons of Philip K. Dick books -> reading "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" -> watching bad adaptation of this book called Blade Runner and all this Snatcher visual novel *ahem* interactive cinema BS is not "wow" at all. It's just a Japanese adaptation of an adaptation lol.

Frown Town just sent their ambassador.