The Fall (2014)

The Fall is a great story, well told, and it's thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish.

My new favorite proof that you can create a cinematic experience without millions of dollars and photorealistic visuals. [10/2014, p.67]

A bit more text would have been nice, as the possibility to maybe study some archives and extract more about the backstory of the game universe would have made the wait for the next installments much more justifiable and pleasant.

Over the Moon have begun something very special with The Fall and you’ll be looking out for ARID again even months after you finish this intriguing opening act.

While mechanically this action-adventure is mediocre, it shines with its story approach and its characters.

Despite the initial plan to cut The Fall into several episodes, Over the Moon decided not to tease us with a cliffhanger – it’s a self-contained, albeit short, story.

The puzzles are poorly thought out. [Sept 2014, p.81]

From the protagonist's initial fall to this planet, the story captured me and drew me in. The art and sound created a world beautiful and eerie. Shortly after the story began to unfold, I felt that I was getting a window into a much larger, intriguing world; complete, very real and deeply dark. The dialogue and voice acting created characters that I became so emotionally invested in that I have thought of them for days since, wondering about their histories and motivations. The puzzles, for me, were a reason to further explore the depths of this bizarre world. As a filmmaker, this game left more of a mark than many films I have watched. There was a haunting beauty about this world, and I laughed out loud many times, thoroughly enjoying the wit of characters, and morbid absurdity of certain tasks throughout the game. I was left feeling so invested that I am eager to experience the next installment. This is a brilliant game.

the fall es un juego del 2014 hecho por un estudio indie por lo que se y la verdad para ser el primer juego de un estudio indie es bueno pero tampoco una gran releveracion es un juego que saca temas de ciencia fisión que serian los androides y la IA, tiene un sistema de puzzle y accion la historia es bueno pero no que uno se quede sorprendido es normal sobre un traje mk 7 protegiendo a su piloto el juego me parecio tosco en le sistema de combate y los puzzles no dejan muchas pistas casi todo el juego usted con un gameplay para ver que tenia que hacer y hablado del sistema de combate es muy feo las teclas no es como que queden bien igual me gusto el juego y lo recomiendo si lo encuentras en oferta es un juego relativamente corto ya que facilmente de demoras 1 o 2 dias

Gran juego, excelente historia y magnífica ambientación que mezcla aventura con algunas partes de acción. Lástima que esté lastrado por un sistema de control realmente incómodo (no conseguí terminarlo porque en la pelea final se hace inmanejable utilizando teclado y ratón) y por una traducción bastante pobre que, en ocasiones, te hace malinterpretar las instrucciones o directamente escribe una frase sin sentido. Lo dicho, una verdadera lástima

Over simplistic game with very little to do. Did not enjoy.. but it looks pretty enough.

I played this game using a keyboard and a gamepad (xbox pad) and the controls are poor - responsiveness is stiff and delayed in both cases but I found it to be a little easier to play with a gamepad due to the funky keys/combination presses and holds you need to use. There are bugs, really crazy bugs. The game crashed twice on me in my single play through and several times I would start floating through the level ending up in random locations. Also, sometimes when an area loaded I would not be able to control the character at all except for moving around (no shooting/jumping/flashlight/stealth/etc.). The puzzles are basic - use a thing on this thing to get to the next place. It never really goes beyond that but due to level design you often need to walk around looking for the thing or the place to use the thing for a long time, backtracking is often needed. The combat is not as good as I was lead to believe. You have a gun, just one, as your weapon and there's only a few different enemy types in the whole game. You can also stealth, but you can't move when stealth. It feels very lacking. The game is short. Really short, which is good because if the boring combat and tedious puzzles went on much longer I think I would have just quit. The only really good part of the game is the story and the voice acting, which is excellent except for 3 tremendous flaws. It is absolutely linear which is fine, but you are given "choices" that aren't choices - you must take one specific action to move forward - don't present false choices to me. The overall plot is obvious. Finally, the game/story is incomplete - WAAAAAY incomplete. It felt like just when I was ready for the real story to come into play, it was suddenly over. Booooo! There's very little redeeming value here, I picked it up on a steam sale and it still wasn't worth it. Fellow game player, don't make the mistake I've already payed for. Move on, find better games and adventures out there in the digisphere.