About This Game Implant cameras in your eyes to win the news wars of 2061! Record your way through dystopian New Angeles, solving multiple murders and conquering the airwaves as you go!"Ratings War" is a thrilling 80,000-word interactive novel by Eddy Webb, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.Outwit your rivals at the biggest news network in the industry to win market share and dominate the ratings. As one of the first reporters with a pair of cybernetic eyes, you’ll break stories while you live them—and become a celebrity when you uncover a vast criminal conspiracy. When you blow the whistle on a human trafficking operation, will you focus on facts or on fame? Will you strike out as an independent, or follow the guidelines of your network? You can escape from an underground organ farm—but can you get your footage on the air and win the Ratings War? Play a future-noir story of murder, corruption, and mystery. Develop your reporting style as you balance your ambition and integrity. Decide what facts make it to air, and how to spin them. Break the rules to get your story. Play as male, female, or non-binary. Straight, gay, and bisexual romance options. 7aa9394dea Title: Ratings WarGenre: Indie, RPGDeveloper:Choice of GamesPublisher:Choice of GamesRelease Date: 2 Oct, 2015 Ratings War Download For Pc [torrent Full] Ratings War is a story about being a reporter in a near-future setting. It's competently executed and I've recommended it to several people already. The cyberpunk theming is nice, but not deep, which I think is actually the fault of the character POV rather than the author. It isn't sci-fi to the character! The author does seem to have given thought to the implications of the technologies presented.I can't give an unmixed recommendation, but I'm going to limit myself to one big complaint. My biggest complaint with the game is with a certain character who is both 'the cavalry' at a critical point, and then talking about throwing the PC under the bus a few pages later. Come on, that doesn't make sense. An \u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665 can save the day without ceasing to be an \u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665. "I don't like you, but I'm not letting THAT happen to you," is a thing people can be motivated by.The protagonist herself (her by default; player can choose otherwise) is a peaceful but tenacious individual who is sympathetic in every path I've played so far. I like that decisions are typically given sympathetic treatment whether they conform to the preferences of people outside of journalism or not. People aren't villains in their own POV. (I wonder if accepting that bribe is treated sympathetically, too...) In general, the game's writing is empathetic, and save for the character I complained about in the second paragraph every character major or minor is given some footing for the decisions they make. That's pretty awesome.Although it is not without its quirks, I recommend Ratings War as an experience.. I like choice of games, they make immersive enjoyable cyoa games.However i could do with less blatant shoehorning of the lgbt jargon, it breaks immersion instantly in the way it's brought up.Supporting a cause is fine if that's your own personal belief, but putting in the new hot topic red barrel words is not helping the storylines.. read the entire thing in an hour with an ending that goes for only one page, at a climax. (How i got here\/trivial\/skippable) I got to this game via "Choice of Robots" which positively surprised me. I got Choice of Robots via a sale and was simply interested in playing a completely text based C&C game. I really liked Choice of Robots, your coices really mattered and you were able to explore totally different stories. I think i played around 7 playthroughs of Choice of Robots, this game sadly appears to be a little different.I managed to stop at a playtime of 115 minutes - yes i am a slow reader - before writing this little review, and at the moment I am contemplating whether or not i want to refund the game, not necessarily because of the money, but more in order to weighten my verdict. Keep in mind that i interrupted my first playthrough and that i am thus not capable of garanteeing anything, the far smaller amount of achievements - compared to Choice of Robots - nevertheless reflects my thoughts.The story seems to be rather out of your hand, while you could make nearly every single decision in Choice of Robots, this game let's the protagonist or other characters take crucial decisions for you, eliminating the possibility of different playthroughs diverging significantly storywise. To elaborate what i mean i'll have to comment on one example for this, which is impossible without a mild spoiler.The scene where i stoped and looked at my playtime:You are making your first real investigation (it did not seem to me that the story could have diverged earlier) and interview someone who called for help, you get out and talk to your "editor"\/helper who wants to meet and talk about the leads you gathered. The protagonist and her helper quickly talk about where to meet and it is decided that you meet at a coffee. You can't decide differently and you still get an achievement for drinking a coffee. This just feels odd. Espacially since the consequences of meeting in the office rather than in a coffee place are talked about, instead of giving you the possibility to think about the different outcomes and make a reflected decision, changing the path the story would take.All in all i am fairly dissapointed at this game atm, and will consider whether or not i will refund it within the next days.. Good text based game, but shorter then previous entries Choice of Games entries (Slammed!, Choice of Robots, etc.).. Absolutely incredible story, amazing writing style and a refreshing game in today's fast-paced, high-action society.. Nice little well written choose your own adventure game but compared to f.e. "Choice of Robots" the decisions you make dont feel like they impact the game as much as I would have wanted them to. If you are new to the "Choice games" I would still recommend Choice of Robots or Choice of the Deathless over this one because they are a bit more complex and offer a bit more feedback on how your decisions impact your character stats but if you allrdy playd a couple of Choice games this is a good addition to your collection if you are into the setting.. Great story and awesome setting.As with all choose-your-own-adventure-style books, characterization is a little lacking. It's hard to make characters interesting when you're not sure how the player will be interacting with them. But while most of the characters are a little tropey (annoying, arrogant rival; upbeat, snarky sidekick; supportive, mysterious boss; etc.), they're still entertaining, and the Dystopian Cyberpunk world is done very well. I'd like to see some sort of internet analogue in a sequel, but that's the result of wanting more, not feeling that the story was missing something. The one real problem I have with this story is one that I have with most Choice of Games products--no asexual option. Yes, you can turn down romance and such (after identifying as straight, gay, or bisexual), but when you do, it feels a lot like you're missing out on content. Wouldn't normally complain about this, as this game is still far ahead of most of the industry, but the dev makes a big deal about being inclusive, so I feel like making noise might be worth doing.So, basic information:Pros:-Cyberpunk-NoireGlory v. goodness morality system (you'll be familiar with it, to an extent, if you've played anything in the Heroes Rise series)-Cool glowing eyes-Gender\/sexual inclusivity-Robot bits-Exiled science vikings, maybe?Cons:-No dragons-No magic-No weird internet \u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665tSo yeah buy it.
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