• Emily is Away Too
  

  9 hours playtime

  21 of 21 achievements

it’s been a while since i played the first emily is away, but if you liked that i’d expect you to like this too. i definitely used instant messenger back in the day (though i preferred icq) so there’s definitely some nostalgia factor for me here. i would have liked to see more sound controls because i always found the AIM sounds annoying but i didn’t want to entirely mute the game. it confused me for a second with actually putting files on my real desktop outside the game for me to open, but it was cool how you could actually get help from the friend you were chatting with in the game.

chapter 3 frustrated me because there’s a point where 2 people want to talk to you urgently at the same time and both are impatient with you . . . i’m pretty sure it’s not possible to give them both the attention they want. i ended up playing a second time to hear what emily had to say, and i’m glad i did because she had an experience similar to one i actually had in high school but never told anyone about. helping her through it was actually a bit healing for me and maybe i’ll actually talk to someone about my experience in the next couple weeks.