The Novelist
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Critic Reviews for The Novelist
The Novelist is an interesting, minimalist study of family relationships undermined by a rather superficial narrative.
It's an interesting short experiment in narrative choices, then, but perhaps I'm just missing the point because I'm single, young, childless, and will never be able to afford that house. In any case, I really hope Mr Ghost gets to flip a table over one day or spew some food just once, because he's really earned it.
Seeing one character succeed at another's expense isn't exactly fun, but it results in some tough and thought-provoking decisions
The Novelist doesn't tell the most tightly constructed of stories, but the choices it forces you to make have real, affecting weight.
We're simply not used to having real emotional reactions to video games. Sure, some titles are getting better at it, but for the most part that's something truly lacking in the medium.
He may be the novelist, but you're the one who writes his story in this introspective, story-driven indie game released today on Steam.
An intriguing narrative is bogged down by sparse mechanics and repetitive environments.
