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I was able to adjust pretty quickly - the game never requires any level of control precision - but it's more hassle than it should be navigating menus and remembering, for example, that the 'A' key opens the menu. If I struggled with anything during my time with Contradiction, it was with its interface, which has bizarrely omitted mouse control in favor of keyboard or controller. That effect is heightened by a seeping, atmospheric score by Tim Follin, whose career as a game soundtrack composer dates all the way back to the ZX Spectrum days. It was filmed in a small village in Cheshire County, U.K., and there's something transporting about walking the streets as night falls that would be almost impossible for a virtual environment to capture. Laughing with them, mind you, not laughing at them, a distinction too frequently lost in the 'V' bit of FMV.Ĭontradiction also uses its presentation to give a wonderful sense of place.

Paul Darrow and John Guilor could have phoned in cookie-cutter bad guys, but instead lavish us with such deliciously campy and smarmy villains I had to replay a few responses because I was laughing too hard. But my personal favorites are Paul and Ryan Rand, the father-and-son team behind the curtain at Atlas (yes, the objectivism references are hilariously on the nose). Rupert Booth gives a whimsically idiosyncratic performance as Jenks and Anarosa De Eizaguirre Butler is hypnotically reserved as Kate's friend Emma.

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Of course, no mystery is fun if it's not well-told, and that's the other core virtue of Contradiction: It treats the fact that it's an interactive movie as a strength to be capitalized on rather than a handicap to be overcome.įMV games are notorious for bad acting, but Contradiction falls closer to a schmaltzy performance style, which (as any fan of soap operas will tell you) can be a hoot and (as soap opera performers will tell you) isn't as easy as it looks. It's an excellent little mystery with a solution neither of us saw coming, but felt really appropriate in hindsight. My wife and I had a great time ferreting out the lies and trading theories about what was really going on with Atlas, a shadowy 'business training course' at the core of the story.

Nothing requires split-second timing, which (like Her Story) makes it a great experience for two or more people playing collaboratively. Catching these lies (especially with some of the shadier characters) is hugely satisfying. While there are a few glaringly obvious slip-ups, some of the contradictions take a bit of thinking to unearth.

You can occasionally search the world for clues to put into your bare-bones inventory, but it's always supplementary to the core mechanic of looking for lies.

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Even using the patch files will not fix this issue.A lie being revealed usually leads to new information - information that Jenks can then ask around about, all while searching for more contradictions and furthering the story.

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NOTE: Iso 3 has an error that causes the game to crash after you enter a certain scene. This upload is much needed, it's owner Take-Two Interactive are too busy with their modern games to ever consider re-releasing it and nowhere else seems to have it for legitimate purchase unless you can find a rare copy on amazon or ebay for extortionate prices. Overall the game is annoying but worth playing through solely based on the 'movie' portions that are pretty entertaining at times, although sometimes for completely the wrong reasons. The game has a somewhat obtuse set of puzzles including a crystal/light reflection based puzzle that you have to complete to find a book on a shelf. The game is set in a cyber-punk future where a mysterious killer is using the internet to kill people, you play Jake Quinlan, a reporter who has to find the ripper himself after his own partner becomes a victim. The Ripper is an FMV game from the 90s that has nearly as much star power as the Wing Commander FMV game that had Mark Hamil.

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