70
Telling Lies is a desktop thriller that takes a bit too much to be in gear and suffers from avoidable technical intricacy, but if taken with the right amount of patience,it gifts us with a story of love and violence, fear and lies, with credible and admirably interpreted characters.
75
As a successor of Her Story, Telling Lies succeeds in delivering a deep and varied story with what is essentially the same system. However, whether that story is full of surprises or not, depends hugely on the player’s reasoning powers.
85
In sum, Telling Lies represents a niche genre that explores interactive storytelling in a very unique way. The game’s director, Sam Barlow, evolved the Her Story formula, but at a cost. After all, what makes the game so good also reveals its flaws. The ending, for example, can feel very anticlimactic depending on how you uncover specific videos. Still, as the saying goes, “Life is a journey, not a destination.” And Telling Lies is quite a journey — hopefully, one that will inspire many more story-driven games to come. Now go, awaken the sleuth inside you.
8
definitivamente uma **** jogasse sozinho acho que largaria e/ou faria um final de merda talvez. ainda bem que joguei com meus camaradas.
7
A miserable game, but an interesting and well-acted story kept me hooked until the end.
3
Is it really a game? you're trying to figure out why you're going through videos and hoping that piecing the story together is good for something. It isn't.
Telling Lies
Released On:
Aug 23, 2019
Metascore
Generally Favorable
84
User score
Mixed or Average
5.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
84
79% Positive
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21% Mixed
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Aug 22, 2019
100
Telling Lies requires a deliberateness from its players that turns us from viewers to active plot participants. It’s a game that doesn’t hold your hand, and ultimately it’s down to you to decide the truth – another secret of a good mystery done well.
Aug 23, 2019
90
Telling Lies is an absolute masterpiece. It offers some brilliant writing and acting that drive us to passionately discover all of its secrets through its very simple but effective mechanics.
User score
Mixed or Average
5.9
32% Positive
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
38% Mixed
43 Ratings
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29% Negative
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
Aug 30, 2021
10
Video jigsaw detective game. Superb story. Great acting. Even better than Her Story.
Aug 21, 2019
90
Telling Lies feels like it's about four times as big as Sam Barlow's previous game Her Story, and it shows. You feel it not just in the four characters you're sifting through footage of, but in the variety of its videos too: from FaceTime calls to hidden cameras capturing secretive meetings. In Her Story, it was famously easy to go down a rabbit hole of sorts on your own intuition; in Telling Lies, that tendency is mechanized in smart, intuitive ways. When it comes to good interactive mysteries, Telling Lies is among the best you can get.
Sep 4, 2019
80
Telling Lies feels more like a jigsaw puzzle, with you hunting among scattered pieces. But while it can have its moments of exasperation, there are few things as satisfying as revealing the full picture.
Aug 25, 2019
80
Telling Lies may borrow its core mechanic from Her Story, but shifting from monologues to two-sided conversations brilliantly expands the investigative gameplay, and a pivot from murder mystery to political thriller gives director Sam Barlow a much richer set of ideas to explore. A few storytelling hiccups and awkward edges do little to detract from a thought-provoking look at the modern surveillance state—delivered not through soapbox lecture but by forcing you, unsettlingly, to participate.
Sep 3, 2019
70
Telling Lies makes great innovative tweaks to its gameplay formula, and offers a high-quality live-action adventure, but it completely fumbles merging these two elements together. A word of advice would be to try your hand at the puzzle and discovery for a while, and then eventually just watch the clips outside the game to enjoy the narrative.
Aug 28, 2019
60
Her Story is a tough act to follow, and unfortunately, Telling Lies does not hit the same emotional highs that Barlow’s previous game did. Opting to use the same barebones video player both does not make sense for this storyline and introduces an annoyance that players are forced to deal with. The story is still intriguing, but not to a binge-worthy degree. Telling Lies is worth playing for Her Story fans, but can’t quite hit those same high notes despite its best efforts.
Aug 30, 2020
10
Amazing experience ****. Finished it a week ago and cant stop thinking about how emotionally involved it got me and what a genius idea the one sided convos are to immerse you far deeper than watching two people talking would. Less **** more of an experience I will surely never forget
Oct 6, 2024
7
A miserable game, but an interesting and well-acted story kept me hooked until the end.
Sep 13, 2023
7
Me ha gustado el juego, se lo recomiendo a la gente que le gusta el misterio, investigar que ocurrió..
Aug 3, 2024
3
Is it really a game? you're trying to figure out why you're going through videos and hoping that piecing the story together is good for something. It isn't.
Oct 19, 2019
3
Same system as "Her story" : good story but the interface is awful : - why am I forced to rewind videos while stop, start buttons could have prevented me from rewinding a 7 min video ? - only 5 results from a search even if there are more occurences with the chosen keyword ! - impossible to watch 2 videos in the same time, very useful to link 2 conversations. Really, if NSA analysts use such outdated tools, rogues and terrorists don't need to worry ! These amateurish errors spoil the gameplay.
SummaryFour private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Rated Mfor Mature
Platforms:
- PC
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox One
Initial Release Date:Aug 23, 2019
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