Разработчик: Orthogonal Games
Описание
Read the family’s thoughts. Explore their memories. Uncover their desires and intervene in their lives. But stay out of sight; you can’t help the Kaplans if they know there’s a ghost in the house. It’s up to you to decide how Dan’s career and family life will evolve, but choose carefully; there are no easy answers, and every choice has a cost.
Dan’s relationships – to his work, his wife, and his son – react and shift in response to your choices. With a different sequence of events in every playthrough, The Novelist gives life to a unique experience each time you play.
The decisions you make will define the Kaplans’ lives, but they may also tell you something about yourself.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP SP2 or higher
- Processor: 1.8 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB VRAM video card
- Storage: 800 MB available space
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB VRAM video card
Mac
- OS: OS X Lion (10.7) or higher
- Processor: 1.8 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB VRAM video card
- Storage: 800 MB available space
- OS: OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
- Processor: 2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB VRAM video card
Linux
- Processor: 1.8 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB VRAM video card
- Storage: 800 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Built with Unity 4.3.4, tested in Ubuntu 12.04 and 13.10
- Processor: 2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB VRAM video card
Отзывы пользователей
Very fun and unique game.
Also the main character's voice actor is goated.
<3
Personally, I loved The Novelist, but I will caveat that with it is not a game for everyone - it is very much a game that seeks to tell a story - the gameplay in itself is not terribly deep or complex, but I loved the story it told.
It is short - at a quite leisurely pace, 3 hours to get through, but I really don't feel it needed to be any longer.
I really enjoyed this game, its one of those very few games that stayed in my mind for ages after playing and finishing it. Its very unique and made me really feel those consequences for the choices I made. I’m looking forward to replaying it and trying some of the other choices.
I cannot recommend this game, for a number of reasons.
The game *is* visually pleasing, with a pleasant art style, the story seems to be well-written, and the game runs well on a Windows 10 machine with no tweaking needed (no need to run in compatibility mode). That said:
Accessibility is bad.
Very small text, difficult to read, even at 2560 x 1440 . No Text or UI scaling options. Only resolution options (max is 2560 x 1440).
The game uses several different fonts, some of which are hard to read, not screen-reader friendly
Possessing light fixtures, exiting memories and changing scenes causes bright flashes and blinding white light- not flashing, but potentially an issue for people with light-sensitive seizure conditions or migraines.,
No brightness or gamma settings to tone this down, either.
No colorblindness settings (you will need to use machine system settings to adjust the colors), and there are a number of places this could be an issue for people with certain forms or colorblindness.
The controls are odd and clunky. You need to use both mouse and keyboard, so this could be an issue for one-handed gamers.
Playing the default mode requires some careful and precisely timed movements to prevent being caught and seen by the family, though you can play story mode, which removes the stealth gameplay aspect (making the game a purely interactive novel with very limited detective-type of "find _this thing_ and read it" clue-finding gameplay.
Many emotionally sensitive subjects are covered in the story, which may cause issues for people who have experienced certain types of family or personal trauma.
The game may have felt new and fresh 11 years ago when it was released. but it feels like it was trying to be and to do too many things at once, failing at tying them into a compelling and engaging experience. The story is well written, but I feel like the "possess light fixtures to move through the very small house" just feels strange, and seeing character memories in such small text that is hard to read- so you miss it and miss what you are supposed to be looking for pulls you out of the story and makes you go into your journal (?) to figure out what the game want you to do. You are limited to moving through a very small house- you can see outside, but can't go out there, and the small area and number of rooms in the house means you will see the same things over and over and over. It makes trying to complete the story and choose one of the ending very tedious, which IMHO does a disservice to the actual story/stories you are reading and learning.
If you enjoy stealth gameplay, you may enjoy the game more than I did- I could not find it in me to finish the game. The tedium, clunky controls, and difficult to read text just took me out of it. YMMV.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Orthogonal Games |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 17.01.2025 |
| Metacritic | 66 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 79% положительных (443) |