And surely, there would have been other ways to keep the format fresh. So here, at first, I thought he was doing it again by telling the story from the point of view of the construct inside the machine, the patient who doesn't understand at the moment that he is in a simulation, until eventually, it all clicks.
IMPOSTOR FACTORY SERIES PLUS
In the previous title, Kan Gao already managed to shake up the potential repetitiveness by changing the order in which the memories are told, plus by introducing Faye as an entity in the memories that fights back.
IMPOSTOR FACTORY SERIES SERIES
That being said, in the trailers, this was still teased as being the end of the series in total (the dots between Finding Paradise and this game being "Episode X"), So I think it was reasonable to expect an actual ending, which would include a resolution to the overarching questions in the series and a sendoff to the characters of the doctors. Memory change happens in a montage with a Laura Shigihara song. Yes, of course with a format like this - "patients want their memory changed" - you risk becoming repetitive: The doctors arrive. What was Kan Gao to do with Impostor Factory? Make Episode III, a straight Round 3 of Eva and Neil treating some old guy's trauma? "Too predictable!" "Overdone!" we'd say. Originally posted by masuat:I think the problem has to do with the fact that it's the third main game after To the Moon and Finding Paradise. (I'm reminded a bit of a certain series involving a high-school killing game.)Īt the very least, I'll be sure to realign my expectations for the next game. The pixel art was noticeably upgraded (especially the facial expressions) and I'm impressed by the bold directions and topics that the story has gone to. It's more A Bird Story + The Mirror Lied 2 than To The Moon 3. To be fair, I don't think there was anything wrong with the choice he made, but the result just doesn't fit the precedent set by the previous games. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, right? Understandably, some people are surprised, concerned, upset.
So he makes a very experimental prequel that doesn't feature the previous protags and puts a large helping of (mild) horror on top of the usual feels train.
I think the problem has to do with the fact that it's the third main game after To the Moon and Finding Paradise. The goofy trailers and preview content also flew right over my head (most of them were jokes played straight) and caused me to expect a big twist that never came. this game isn't about Neil and Eva, it's about Quincy). Maybe it's my fault, but when I played Impostor Factory, I spent almost the entire game thinking "well this is okay but when are Neil and Eva going to burst in, point at the camera (gotcha!) and banter as usual?" instead of taking the game's description at face value (ie. I was so excited to finally see the continuation of the Eva In The Machine plotline. Leading up to the release, I replayed To the Moon, Sigmund Minisodes 1 & 2, A Bird Story, Finding Paradise, and watched all the trailers and preview content.
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