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AnnesNotOkay's Four Last Things (PC)
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| [August 31, 2018 12:10:01 AM]
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I had to cheat a little bit and look at like 10 seconds of the walkthorugh because I didn't know what to do with the drunkard who I just kept feeding beer and he'd just run off to pee. I was like hmmm, should i get the dog? The dog was in the dialogue options as a topic of discussion but it turns out I had to get his pee! And not drink it (thank God, because I was just trying to get myself sick enough so that the doctor would let me steal the potions) but SHOW the doctor the pee. The game is very blunt and ironic in many ways, and very entertaining to observe. I appreciate how it kind of plays with the player mind into thinking you would do one thing (like drink the pee so the doctor would think you're sick enough) as gross and disgusting as it is, most people would seem to think that route but no you're doing the somewhat responsible thing? It's very interesting, how it like makes the player assume the game would succumb to popular ethics/morals of games/media which is little to none in this day and age, yet does the exact opposite. The game appears to be more crude than it actually is, and is possibly making fun of the entire concept of crudeness, and of where the player mind would go. Another example would be when you acquire the love potion, automatically you can think you can easily go commit the sin of lust: sexy lady in the window, give her love potion, have sex with her, the end right? Wrong. And her response to you giving her the love potion is not even predicted. All in all, this game is not what it seems. It gives off a certain morale (or lack there of) that the player assumes because you are playing a game that is about committing the worst of all sins, YET it's more tame and mellow than you would think. Very interesting.
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| [August 30, 2018 11:26:27 PM]
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This second playthrough was quite interesting. I am absolutely fascinated with the amount of detail and accuracy (of the time) they put into the artwork of this game. I spent a decent chunk of time in the art gallery they have in one of the towns and trying to decipher if any of the paintings had any sort of real meaning. I unlocked the achievement “art critic” on steam so I for sure went through just about every painting. I studied the adam and eve paintings particularly hard because I was trying to see if any of them gave any hints on the answer to the riddle from the clergyman. Now ethically this game is strange. Mainly crude, but not a “In your face” kind of crude but more just emphasizing/ highlighting the ugly aspects of life. For example, there’s homeless people everywhere, there’s grossly drawn creepy looking guys, obese people, dirtiness, humans with rats and animals together as one, crude imagery everywhere. The further into town you got, the ruder and cruder the people got. This could be a commentary on people or human nature in general. It’s sort of hard to tell but it seems like every person my character encounters seems to fall under the one of the 7 deadly sins. I’m seeing a lot of greed and gluttony thus far. We shall see further on into the game. It’s strange but interesting. I’m stuck on a few puzzles so hopefully I can figure those out soon.
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| [August 30, 2018 02:55:53 AM]
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From watching the trailer of this game I was absolutely fascinated by its art and animations, because it's so obscure and strange. It's like an absurdist parody, and I'm totally into absurdist and making fun of things so it was an interesting first play. Naturally, when it comes to point and click adventures I'm pretty slow. I'm an explorer so I like to click and explore every single aspect of the game. I want to pick up every object, go into every door, talk to every person and exhaust every dialogue option. My first 30 min play through pretty much consisted of that and I left off at discovering and talking to the fisherman. I completed the envy task and was in the process of trying to figure out what to do with the fruit in my inventory that i stole from an old woman and trying to figure out the riddle from the weird guy in the clerics office so i can help the legal guy scam this family who just inherited a bunch of money. The game is smart because doing the riddles I thought I could make a guess, and if it was wrong just keep guessing till i got it right (only noticed the first couple of answers thinking i would eventually get it) BUT not only are there a ridiculous amount of answers, but there's a ridiculous amount answers plus last names and stuff and its just insane. I thought that was a clever mechanic. Anyway, I'm entertained by the game thus far and am interested to see where it goes. I also like the whole 7 deadly sins theme. - Anneke
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AnnesNotOkay's Four Last Things (PC)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Thursday 30 August, 2018
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