Expelled!
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Far from cribbing Overboard's homework, Expelled! is a tighter, more focused detective story that really makes the most of its replayable timeloop structure.
Overboard's more complex follow-up is another great evil detective game.
Expelled! follows a similar blueprint to Overboard!, but ambition in its narrative design helps the game to feel rewarding in a different way. There's more to the story than trying to clear Verity's name. How Verity develops as a character across several playthroughs is the reason why Inkle's latest is able to stand out on its own.
This game holds a fun, mysterious narrative with quirky characters. Expelled! will keep your attention for many hours.
With exceptional writing, beautiful art, a compelling environment, and a captivating central gameplay mechanic, Expelled! is a video game work of art. If you have any interest in visual novels, adventure games, whodunits, or time loops, I can’t recommend it enough. Believe me, you will want to play this one again and again!
Depending on how you play the story, you'll solve Verity's dilemma in a few hours. I had moments where I thought I had everything figured out and just needed to trigger the right dialogue options, but even still I wound up getting surprised more often than not. Expelled is a tightly wound narrative puzzle game that makes me excited that it's labeled "An Overboard Game" because hopefully that means Inkle makes a game like this every few years to wrinkle my time-loop-loving brain and completely delight me.
Expelled! is a high-quality adventure game that works with the concept of an unreliable narrator. It also provides enough replayability, making it easy to recommend.
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