Alt-Frequencies
I’d give it 10 of 10 - but it deals with some difficult topics, people disappear, are shot without any remorse by police - pretty tough on the youngest generation of players. Excellent spelling and voice quality.
Your’re forced to think. The conspiracy theories by goverment officials denying everything? Young adults can understand the game with some adult guidance.
The game is like an audiobook; with 6 chapters. It’s made in a similar way to visual novels; permitting one of two paths, with pretty good voice actors and music. The achievements 23 vary in difficulty, and yes, can be pretty frustrating at times, simply because you’re forced to actually think a little.
– Real player with 7.0 hrs in game
2021 Update: I just wanted to say that after gaining a job in retail and being forced to listen to a radio I think about this game almost every day, which is no small feat for a tiny french indie game. I didn’t understand not only how realistic this game is, but just how bone chilling listening to the radio can be in the world of today. The VA do a brilliant job at capturing the voices on every station. If you’re a nightshift worker or someone who has to listen to the radio a lot. Give this game a shot. It’s got fantasy elements and it’s made me more introspective about my own time spent listening to the radio at work.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Headliner: NoviNews
Ironically, the people review-bombing this game over pronouns did it a huge favour. It seems I’m not alone among those who’d never have found it otherwise. On the whole, I’m glad I did.
THE PROS:
It’s well-produced and easy to play, and it’s a very cool idea. I really enjoy the atmosphere of the streets of Novistan as you trudge home each day and see your decisions reflected in the conversations and events around you. The sound and visual design really sells moments of shock and crisis. I also quite like the vague (or not so vague) sense of meta awareness all the NPCs have of being in a new timeline when you start a new game. It’s a nice touch.
– Real player with 28.1 hrs in game
Overview
The great fun that was Headliner has returned and is better than ever. First the player controlled the news in the nation of Galixia, but now in Headliner: NoviNews, the player controls the news in the nation of Novistan which receives a similar number of immigrants from Learis as Galixia, and where the issue of healthcare makes for as much of a debate as in Galixia. What’s different is that Novistan has issues with a new synthetic alcoholic beverage called BetterBuzz, and has a xenophobic Prime Minister who dislikes Learis and is easily alienated by dissent. Unlike in Galixia, the purists (people who haven’t been genetically modified) aren’t persecuted by Novistanian society.
– Real player with 23.9 hrs in game
Section Six
Pleasant game! A 19th century Orwell/investigative game. However, it is terribly too short.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
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Section Six is a text-based adventure. You read the correspondence between nobleman in the eve of the Russian revolution. You get to decide if you should snitch on any of the parties and of what crime you will accuse them, which could lead to a few different endings.
I really enjoyed ruining a few lives. In my playthrough, which took around half an hour, most of the characters ended up dead.
While the game is made by a Russian team, the text was NOT directly translated by google from Russian to English.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Good Morning, A.I.
“Good Morning, Jude. Initiating calibration on fifth generation human rights.”
Choose your words carefully, the A.I. will cling to each one as you delve deep into politics, economy and morality. Your student’s values and perception will be defined by your discussions with them. You’ll have to resolve apparent contradictions between the answers you’ve given and see the physical manifestation of your powerful learner change in tune with their evolving personality.
“We just need to hold off cyber-attackers for 422 nano-seconds before we can seal access protocols. That’s where you come in.”
Pirates, hackers, anti-AI activists will try to break into the quantum world of paradoxes in which the A.I resides. Design defences to withstand attacks across multiple simulatenous states of existence, using a visual interface looking remarkably similar to a puzzle or tower defense game.
“Heya’ bot-boss. How’s the cutest dystopia-bringer of Western Europe doin’ this mornin’?”
Professional controversy is bound to mingle in your personal life. Choose what friendships you save, who you’ll romantically pursue and how Jude handles the power in their hands. Who will you keep besides you when it all ends?
“In hindsight, it makes sense that we got here. But we didn’t suspect th- Aw, man, reached my word limit for today. We’ll chat again tomorrow if- [User Muted].”
Your decisions can lead to many potential fates for Amsterdam, implemented by the A.I at the end of your tutelage. Multiple playthroughs allow you to explore different relationships and to find over 30 different outcome variations for the city and many more for its characters.
This game is being developed with the support of the Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA
Jury Trial
Interested in creating your own cases? With the ingame case editor you will be able to write your own cases and share them with the community. Whether fictional or recreated cases, the ingame editor got you covered.
In this law simulation RPG you will join a group of innocence lawyers who take on the fight for justice, representing the poorest of the poor, the victims of the criminal justice system and the wrongfully convicted. However, defending the defenseless costs a lot of money. Therefore you will also be in charge of high profile cases to generate funds for your fight for justice. Work through the case material, find inconsistencies and discover new evidence, analyze and select the jurors and experts, question the witnesses and convince the jury at trial. Your clients depend on you for they have nowhere else to go but prison…
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Play the campaign, the single case files or download new cases created by the community from the Steam Workshop
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Create and upload your own cases using the ingame case editor
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Search for evidence in a variety of different case materials
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Question witnesses and jurors to find their specific traits and opinions
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Choose the jury that fits your client
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Try the case in the court of law
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Solicit legal and illegal help to find the loophole or evidence that breaks the case
The game is set in a fictional country deeply divided by racial profiling, prejudice and social injustice. A deep bias runs through the country and its people. Apart from your courtroom skills as a gifted negotiator, it’s crucial for you to find a jury that gives your client a chance. Otherwise every argument and scientific fact might be in vain because no one will listen.
Your potential jurors consist of:
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Ten unique regions
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Four ethnic groups
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Six religions
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Four political currents
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Four levels of wealth and education
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And six further defining traits out of a pool of over sixty traits
This game is a passion project of two indie developers and we’re looking forward to hearing your feedback. If you have questions, suggestions or might be interested in a offering your help as a potential beta tester or translator, please contact us using the Steam Community section or via social media on Twitter, Discord & Instagram:
Jey’s Empire
Great game! Very complex, tons of weird ways to get from A to B, and very funny under the very serious veneer. I saved America from the Red Menace by making a child cry. The only Steam achievement I’ve ever been proud of!
– Real player with 75.5 hrs in game
The dev is a really cool dude, I’ve helped him out with a few projects. The Discord server is also good and I’d recommend his other games like Cold War 2, Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa, and Cat Fu MI.
– Real player with 25.1 hrs in game
Love Decision
i really love this game. it has such a great background music (BGM) also its dialogue are amazing. i’ve only been on Valentina’s Route so far… oh man it’s amazing.. i’m crying qwq this game really worth to playing.. although the options that offered are limited in story development but it’s okay you can easily reached the true ending I have bought and played several series from this developer and this one came up with live2D animation system. the visual has improved as well
i’m looking forward to new series…. keep the good work (developer)
– Real player with 23.2 hrs in game
Nice game, Nice music. 8/10 - (-1 for “always smiling even if sad”) (-1 for not much decision but i guess its fine since story is amazing)
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game
Hate Plus
Hate Plus is a different kind of game, and that’s not a bad thing if you are looking for something new to try. Instead of being a puzzle, adventure, or action title, it is literally an interactive novel. The only “puzzle,” if you will, is attempting to piece together what happened to space vessle Mugunghwa before the events of the previous game, Analogue: A Hate Story. Because there are some concepts originally introduced in that game, it’s helpful to have played it before diving into Hate Plus, but it’s not essential.
– Real player with 39.2 hrs in game
Oh, *Hyun-ae, let’s solve mysteries together forever~
Hate Plus is a fantastic… something between a visual novel and a kinetic novel. Both this game and it’s predecessor, Analogue, aren’t a tangled spiderweb mess of routes, choices, decisions, Good and Bad Ends. There aren’t many branching decision points in these games (Hate Plus doesn’t even really have any), which kind of removes a lot of their “gaminess.” That’s okay with me; the visual/kinetic novel genre exists somewhere in the digital melting pot between traditional literature, comic books and video games. That’s pretty great, in my opinion.
– Real player with 27.9 hrs in game
Suzerain
Suzerain is a really interesting story exploring the trappings of power, geopolitics, political dynamics, and the push and pull between reform and historic legacy.
Based loosely on the political situation of Turkey in the 1960s, your character inherits the reigns of a semi-democratic, semi-authoritarian country with a troubled past and present in a world increasingly pulled into the spheres of two superpowers. You inherit a recession, tense political situation, and a large, belligerent country breathing down the neck of your own. Your primary mandates are to resolve the political situation by siding with reform or using the tools of state to secure or expand your considerable powers and put an end to dissent; fix the economy; put an end to threat across the northern border through deft political maneuvering or military build up; and, of course, secure reelection.
– Real player with 210.6 hrs in game
Excellent political simulator set in a very well crated world. The world-building is excellent. There are countless ways in which you can see the effects of your actions. The first half of the game is pretty boring especially on replay however second half of the game is always great and is worth the lengthy setup. I can’t recommend this game enough if you like games about politics.
– Real player with 62.8 hrs in game
Ishmael
Ishmael was a weird experience, I’m still not sure how to feel about it.
First of all, I didn’t like writing, it wasn’t immersive for me at all. Tho English is very good, I didn’t notice any typos. The whole atmosphere seemed so distant, so alien. But then I actually thought that maybe it’s how it should be ‘cause the world described in the game really IS so foreign to me.
It’s the shortest novel I’ve ever played, just about 15 minutes long. We learn the story of a young Palestinian boy. The way children spend their free time playing outdoor games with just stones and sand wasn’t one bit gloomy for me. That’s practically how I spent my childhood growing in a Siberian village—playing snowballs, making snowmen, snow huts in winter, hopscotch or a great number of other games in summer. I actually believe, that time was great fun without computers, internet… But in the game the boy is bored. I didn’t feel related. Of course, when it’s war, occupation, death nearby it changes everything significantly.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
a boring game with a very bautiful purpose.
i’d like to reward the purpose, ‘cause there is a deep meaning in this game, unfortunally, it’s not touching as it should be.
it’s actually pretty dull(even if short), it ’s just a glimpse of daily life for a child, used by the developer to make you understand how people see war, and how people are raised up to bacame soldier in middle easth.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game