Immortality
- August 30, 2022
- Sam Barlow
A true achievement in game design and interactive fiction, Immortality is a gorgeous and haunting magic trick that sets a new standard for the medium.
Match cut your own path through the footage and solve the mystery: IMMORTALITY is an interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story. Use the cinematic ability to teleport from scene to scene to explore a treasure trove of newly unearthed footage from the three lost films of Marissa Marcel and traverse decades of movie history: Alan Fischer directs Ambrosio his adaptation of M. G. Lew…
Reviews
- story14 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 71 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- gameplay7 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 29 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
- optimization7 mentions
- 71 % positive mentions
- 29 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
"One beautiful headf*ck"
Sam Barlow has somehow done it again, raising the bar for the FMV / interactive movie genre once more. Immortality is yet another masterpiece of storytelling.
90%Immortality Review (Xbox Series X
Immortality is easily Sam Barlow's best game to date and, when you consider the delights he's served up previously, well, you get an idea of just how good this one really is. It's a dazzling display from any angle you to choose to admire it; top-notch acting, brilliant writing, a core mechanic that's complex but carried off with style and grace, intuitive controls that draw you into your role...just remember to avoid spoilers, dive into the mystery of Marissa Marcel completely unsullied, and you're in for one of the most exquisite gaming experiences of this year, or any other, by quite some distance.
100%Immortality Review
Despite some shallow search tools, Immortality is a thoroughly mesmerizing mystery and one of the most surprising video game stories of 2022.
80%