Dealing with the ups and downs, slips and falls, the highest highs and lowest lows, and the simplistic in-betweens that most couples cherish the most. Engaging enough to liven a scene yet subdued enough to appreciate the details of the flashbacks: it’s these tender moments that get enunciated that shine the brightest and hit the hardest. Impostor Factory serenades the player with a wave of simple yet beautiful piano scores throughout. Within minutes you’re now in Impostor Factory’s grip with how somber and captivating the history between these two are and time feels like it stops with how hard it pulls you in.Īnd it builds tremendously upon its middle act. Genre changes this abrupt could be expected to go through some bumpiness, but the love and care taken into the two characters’ backstory is so engulfing, engaging, and provoking that you almost forget this game was making you laugh with its ridiculousness. Impostor Factory builds itself into its own name as the genre of this title changes almost by the hour, going from a darkly comedic whodunit into something creator Kan Gao is more known for: heart-string tugging love stories. What lays ahead for Quincy is what can be best described as Clue mixed with Groundhog Day.īut hold on friends, this is only the first part of the game. None of the guests were the wiser of what happened because the mansion’s residents are still alive and well. After washing the blood from his hands when checking the bodies, he returns to a similar scene not a few minutes earlier.
Unraveling at the seams, Quincy runs to the bathroom to avoid suspicion and explanation. Before Quincy and company can see what’s in store for them, Quincy stumbles upon the freshly murdered bodies of the mansion’s owners. In this sprawling two story abode: scientists, investors, big wigs, and some in between find themselves attending to see a mechanical miracle that could change the world in ways never seen before.
While the outside is damp and disarranged, the inside of the mansion is as pristine as the proclaimed germaphobe tenants can make it. On a rainy day in front of a disheveled yet grandiose terrace, Quincy attends a party where the status quo is quite a few tax brackets higher than himself. I’ll forewarn, this game is weird, and somewhat hard to wrap your head around at times, but bear with me: it’s worth it. Proverbially smashing into the indie scene 10 years ago with their detailed masterpiece, To The Moon, Freebird has since added a sequel in 2017 and brings a continuation and possible end to the Sigmund Corp franchise with Impostor Factory. But again, there is no prerequisite to playing Impostor Factory.If you’re a gamer who’s ever had their eye on the RPGMaker engine, it’s fair to assume you know who Freebird Games is. Q: Is Impostor Factory the sequel to To the Moon & Finding Paradise?Ī: Maybe not. Q: Is playing To the Moon & Finding Paradise necessary before playing this game?Ī: Impostor Factory can be played independently, just like the games before it. An espresso execution with zero filler and no time drains.Dialogues that read so wrong but feel so right.A cozy mix between adventure game elements and classic RPG aesthetics.A story that will make you curse at the screen.And somewhere along the way, things get a little Lovecraftian and tentacles are involved.Īnyway, that's around 1/3 of what the game is really about. Talk about a time-saver!īut of course, then people start dying, because that's what they do.
Quincy could wash his hands and time-travel while he was at it. In fact, it turned out to be so fancy that there was a time machine in its bathroom. So, he accepted and went because even though the mansion was suspicious and secluded, it was also fancy and had a parteh. One day, Quincy was invited to a fancy parteh at a suspiciously secluded mansion. Rosalene have peculiar jobs: They give people another chance to live their lives, all the way from the very beginning. Impostor Factory is a narrative-driven adventure game that is categorically out of its mind.ĭr.
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