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8 April 2021 // S21E17

Half-Life 2

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

Dreadful
3.6 hours
8 of 19 achievements

Well this one is truly horrible, IMO, I won't even do a second run for the achievements. Right there on Steam it says "Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country?", and surprise, they do not really allow you to choose. I hated the 1st and 2nd episodes while actively trying not to blame anyone for what they didn't do and ignoring idiotic remarks from the Advisor, and then they throw in a joke of an episode 3 where you are forced to spread horseshit in order to progress the game. Again they're trying to make a point here and tell a story about fake news, schemes, hate speech, and all that, but it shouldn't be forced on a player to execute. I vaguely read in guides that there is a "good" ending where you apparently leak the truth behind but I suppose that involves at least some horseshit spreading along the way which I'm not planning to do yet again.