Last Day

by Earth Traveler

2020
Inform 7

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The Earth is evil. We don't need to grieve for it., November 2, 2020
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Melancholia: The Game. A comet has been forecast to strike the Earth and wipe out all life. Today is that day. A parser text adventure with a lot of locations, but sadly not much implemented in them. I assume this is at least partly intentional, to evoke the feeling of powerlessness, a world-weary depression that has descended over this character, and by extension of all humanity, knowing the inevitable end is nigh. This lack of connection further represented by the few NPCs scattered around, who cannot be communicated with or interacted with at all as far as I could tell. Gameplay seems to comprise finding the various ways to kill yourself, or waiting for the comet to do it for you. Lars Von Trier would love this game.

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Lance Campbell, December 28, 2020 - Reply
I'm thinking it might be an adaptation of a 1998 film called Last Night and I agree with you, Lars probably would like it :). Pretty grim stuff.
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