![]() ![]() You walk around, talk to people, follow an entirely linear narrative, and that's it. It's an intriguing setup for a murder mystery, though there isn't much to investigate: the plot unravels more like an interactive movie than a game, eschewing even the basic puzzles that dotted To The Moon to focus entirely on the story. There's just you, a vast villa, and a crime that keeps repeating like a broken record. Impostor Factory, too, wants to fill you with uneasiness, and manages to do so without ever resorting to monsters or jump scares. Similar setting, similar eeriness, similar sense of impending doom invading a homely environment. Each game can be completed in a single sitting.ĭespite being part of the To The Moon universe, the first hour of Impostor Factory reminded me of an earlier Gao game: the short, free, utterly incomprehensible horror The Mirror Lied. I still haven't played the sequel, Finding Paradise, and you don't need to play the prequels to piece together the story of Impostor Factory, but you might as well. In To The Moon, for example, two scientists explored the memories of an elderly man to - guess what - help him fulfill his dream of going to the Moon. Think Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, although here the technology developed by the fictional Sigmund Corp. Impostor Factory is the third entry in the To The Moon saga, a series by developer Kan Gao about doctors wandering through their patients' memories to give the story of their life a better ending. ![]() ![]() The mystery is understanding why they keep happening. The real mystery is not discovering who committed the murders. And then they happen again, and again, and again. And yet you stay because you're curious about the machine, the weird vision you had in the bathroom, and that other guest you keep bumping into - the lady in a red dress that looks familiar and sad and full of secrets. The other guests are as rich and quirky as the villa's owners, and you, an everyday man named Quincy, are starting to feel a bit awkward about the whole situation. You don't know much about the hosts, apart from the fact that they're old, eccentric, and eager to unveil the mysterious machine looming in the main hall. You are the first to arrive, shoulders heavy with rain. The one in Impostor Factory is a secluded manor deep in the woods, a crumbling temple to cleanliness with self-cleaning floors and a literal golden toilet in the bathroom. And somewhere along the way, things get a little Lovecraftian and tentacles are involved.Īnyway, that’s around 1/3 of what the game is really about.Impostor Factory's emotional story might have a slightly tired formula, but it feels fresh and cinematic, and cheerfully posits that a fake, imaginary life can be as fulfilling as a real one.Įvery good murder mystery needs a spooky house for a stage. Talk about a time-saver!īut of course, then people start dying, because that’s what they do. Quincy could wash his hands and time-travel while he was at it. In fact, it turned out to be so fancy that there was a time machine in its bathroom. So he accepted and went because even though the mansion was suspicious and secluded, it was also fancy and had a parteh. One day, Quincy was invited to a fancy parteh at a suspiciously secluded mansion. Rosalene have peculiar jobs: They give people another chance to live their lives, all the way from the very beginning. Impostor Factory is a narrative-driven adventure game that is categorically out of its mind.ĭr. Also, while this is the third game in the series, developer Freebird Games promises you do not need to have played To the Moonor Finding Paradiseto enjoy this title.įor more details, here is a description from the game’s Steam page: Rosalene are back for another case! Developer Freebird Games announced that their latest entry in the To the Moon series, Impostor Factory, releases for Steam on September 30th.Īt launch, Impostor Factor will support 11 different languages.
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