I suppose the title should've made it clear what this SIM was all about, but it was still a bit of a shock when I jumped into the plot and realized what type of RPG I was playing. Though cleverly the player plays the creator, rather than himself, which makes it much easier to adapt to the unusual (well, if you aren't used to it) situation. The parental conversation goes from a bit comical to pretty harsh, I was expecting more humor, but it gets brighter towards the end. And whichever way it goes, it always remains entertaining, even through the darkest times. The conversation feels very dynamic, like you're really a part of it, with both naturally and cleverly phrased responses, puns, etc. Feels like there's a lot of different choices too, though considering how the ending all leads to the same choice, I suppose that might be an illusion of freedom, with different choices of conversation adding pieces of speech before they move onto the same topics. Either way, the sense of freedom; choice is great, and the interface itself is pretty interesting, like an emulated conversation in real life via form of digital chat. Graphics are pretty basic, but it's all slick and stylishly minimalistic. In the end a surprisingly good, and really unusual game!
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