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First Person

by Buster Hudson profile

2014
Inform 7

(based on 13 ratings)
2 reviews19 members have played this game. It's on 14 wishlists.

About the Story

Entry in EctoComp 2014.

Awards

7th Place - EctoComp 2014

Ratings and Reviews

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4 star:
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3 star:
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2 star:
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Average Rating: based on 13 ratings
Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 2
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
An unsettling parser experiment, June 10, 2016
by verityvirtue (London)
Related reviews: melancholic

[This game concerns a sadistic kidnapper. Please exercise discretion.]

First Person turns the relationship between the parser and the player on its head, making your interaction with the parser into a dialogue of sorts between a kidnapper and the victim. It's very brief. Details are kept to a minimum, to the point of underimplementation - it sometimes feels more like a proof of concept rather than a full-fledged game that one may be immersed into.

First Person is unsettling once you figure out what's going on, and be warned: there are no happy endings in this one. It's worth playing to figure out what's going on with the parser.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A short horror game with an unusual narrative viewpoint, June 30, 2017*
Related reviews: less than 15 minutes

This is an ectocomp game about a confined, frightening story with an unusual viewpoint suggested by the title of the story.

The game does a very good job at splitting up the parser-viewpoint and the player-viewpoint. It's also fairly grim. I enjoyed this game, but as a speed-IF, it had some spotty implementation.

* This review was last edited on July 16, 2017
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