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Subject: Photopia by Adam Cadre
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From: Alex Schroeder <kensanata@yahoo.com>
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I just finished playing the game for the first time.  I carefully
avoided all posts with Photopia spoilers and now I didn't get to read
that much on the game.  As to my impression -- from one or two
glimpses in the newsgroups I something bad to happen.  And so in every
scene, I was very carefull, affraid to choose, affraid to act, trying
to do the right thing -- and in the end, I actually wasn't sure.  Only
thinking about it later on did I realize that I knew already what had
happened.

I really liked some of the sensory effects, eg. the light as Alley
comes out of the house and disappears in the glare of the car's
headlights, or the wind after the maze.

I didn't mind the lack of interactivity, it seemed like an easy game
-- the puzzles were easy, the story flowed, I wanted to see more.

And I liked the love of the father while talking about the stars, the
love of Wendy asking for a story.

In the end, however, it felt like a story well told, the interactivity
pulling me in a bit, but then again, not as good as a book, or maybe I
wouldn't have bought a book on such a theme.  I felt less satisfied
afterwards because it didn't feel like "work".

Alex.

PS: What should I play next...  Hm...
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Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death and sweet as love.
	-- Turkish proverb
