GAME CLEAR No. 197 -- Erica
video games game clear sie flavourworks playstation ps4Erica (2019, PS4/PC/iOS)
Developer: Flavourworks
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Clear Version: PS4
Clear Platform: PS5
Clear Date: 11/3/24
| Why should I care? |
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| If you love choosing your own mediocre adventure, look no further. |
A DOOM house?
FMV fever continues with another game I can hardly recommend to anyone! Maybe I just took the wrong path or something, but I found Erica to be an extremely dull interactive movie. I don’t even care to really talk about why or give you much of an idea of what Erica even is about.
Okay, I guess I’ll at least say that as my exploration of this genre goes, this is the most professionally shot and acted of what I’ve played so far. It also requires the least engagement, usually only demanding that you make dialog or action decisions at various points throughout the film. Where many of the games I’ve played have at least had some of the trappings of video games, this really is just a movie you make some decisions in.
Shame it’s just not a very good movie. There’s room for this sort of thing to be interesting, but I don’t find myself yearning to return to Erica to see how its narrative might branch with my choices.