Not gonna finish this one. First, PvP achievements. Second, the textures make it difficult to differentiate between walls / obstacles / empty space which is essential for this type of game. Third, not really my most liked genre.

Rating upgraded from 'Dreadful' to 'Acceptable' simply due to how much I like this type of gameplay. The story is good but the execution and the ending is still terrible. In achievement replay I managed to get what I think is the best ending (Ilya and Karen run away; the partial truth is spread via Percoleaks), which I still don't like. The developers of Orwell, both in this game and in the previous one, really try to send a message (about state-level surveillance in the first game, or about manipulating the truth via media/social media in this one) but I simply don't like how there is never some middle ground for the player, when technically and logically there should be. As a player, you are in a position of Investigator which is constantly presented as shaping the 'truth' via Orwell, and it is not explained anywhere why the actual truth is never turned in datachunks that you can submit to Orwell or even Percoleaks. I hated Raban (yeah he's hurt, but he's also an insane fuckin' liar) and yet if you leak the truth, he is redeemed in the eyes of the public (no ending credits means no way to know for sure, but it sure seems like it). It's like in the previous game, where you either consider Thought to be terrorists, or innocent free-thinkers, when they are neither. The game forces you to make irrational choices and I hate it.

Desperately trying to find another game like Orwell, Cyber Manhunt or Song of Farca, desperately failing, then replaying Orwell again…

A really, really well done simulation game - simple yet engaging, with just enough story for this type of game. It also has a great soundtrack or rather cassettes that you can find and play while cleaning. I only wish the game was longer, however as the developers have the whole roadmap of free updates planned, I can't even drop the rating for this, just have to wait a little bit.

My Journey Through Time brought me to Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel released in 2001. After playing Fallout and watching the playthrough of Fallout 2, I have to give this only Acceptable rating, and that's just for the game being set in the same universe, and for actually being playable in 2025. The game is repetitive, buggy and contradicts a lot of lore established in the first two games. I found myself rushing through the game as fast as I could. I read online about the problems related to its development and release, so I kind of understand why the game turned out the way it did. I also saw this game being compared to Jagged Alliance 2, and yeah, I wish Fallout Tactics was either more like Jagged Alliance 2, or more true to Fallout and Fallout 2. Now it's somewhere in between and it doesn't really work.