CINERIP

This is a pretty substantial Moiki game with a creepy atmosphere, in French.

There is a book you love that is finally getting a movie adaptation! And your friend has a friend who knows someone who has an early bootleg copy!

The book is about a woman who reincarnates throughout history, including as various animals, but who can take control of some of the reincarnations given the right ritual.

Going to the movie takes you to a dark and frightening theatre where everyone behaves strangely...

The game gives the impression that there are many branches, although I only played through once. There are numerous quick-time events, which were difficult for me as a non-native speaker.

The use of background images, music and occasional voice were very effective, and I was impressed both by the technical skill and the storytelling.

I was left unsure of how the final events of the game where I learn more about myself were connected to either the book or the movie; perhaps if I had played more, I could have seen the truth.

Un très bon jeu dans lequel le personnage principal et sa partenaire sont invité•e•s a une séance de cinéma secrète pour un film qui est attendu avec impatience.
L'histoire est prenante et quelques surprises arrivent durant l'histoire.

Un jeu sur lequel je retournerais.

CINERIP is a surreal and horror interactive story made in Moiki. Freshly moved into a new city, you and your parter are invited to a secret free preview of a movie, an adaptation of a book you like quite a bit. So secret that you are given special instructions to get into the screening. Will you tempt the fates to see this much awaited masterpiece?

This was truly a wild and creepy experience. From the start, you are introduced as someone with stressors, unwilling to get yourself out there (maybe because of your past? probably because of who you are), needing to be pushed and pulled to meet people. Doubts often cross your mind at propositions of meeting people and having fun in social situations. Are your worries unfounded here? Maybe, maybe not… I didn’t expect where the story was taking me, not in the way that it did after reading the warnings. But I was engrossed in the whole so quickly that I restarted the game again and again trying to find all 500+ screens (I’m at 363…).

The narration gives just enough to hint at something greater, without revealing the big moment. Tensions slowly rises, from doubts crossing your mind to more anxiety-filled moments heightened by the Quick Time Event mechanic and strident background music. One sequence has a deep voice reading the words on the screen (the author’s?) which was so creepy!

This was a really neat game.