Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

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  1. aditya1101
    Apr 29, 2021
    6
    Overall, I didn't like the actual story quite as much as the first game, but there were a lot of quality of life improvements, as well as just better integration of story and gameplay which made it a lot easier to feel immersed in the game. Definitely not my favorite game series by any means, but as long as they keep making these i'm gonna keep playing them for sure.
  2. Cyber_Angel
    Mar 26, 2018
    8
    Not so impressive as the first installment, with fewer episodes (3 versus 5), fewer characters and a more straightforward story. The voice acting really didn't convince me this time.
    On the other hand, the "on paper awesome" tool, the Influencer, is an interesting idea, although pretty under-utilized and only used in the last episode.
    Overall it's more of the great Orwell gameplay we're    Not so impressive as the first installment, with fewer episodes (3 versus 5), fewer characters and a more straightforward story. The voice acting really didn't convince me this time.
    On the other hand, the "on paper awesome" tool, the Influencer, is an interesting idea, although pretty under-utilized and only used in the last episode.
    Overall it's more of the great Orwell gameplay we're used to, with a confusing second episode (a lot of people got stuck, according to the forums, including me) and a not-so-satisfying ending. But I haven't seen the other endings. Just MY ending. Go play the game and see for yourself. When it's on sale.    … Expand
  3. NightGeisha
    Apr 12, 2019
    7
    ORWELL: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH is, like the first Orwell game a hard to describe, but it a very enjoyable experience!
    In Orwell, you are the investigator that is using a "Big Brother" look-a-like tool to investigate a political instigator, in parallel events to those of the first game.
    Like in the first game, your choices and your analysis of the suspect and events can allow interesting    ORWELL: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH is, like the first Orwell game a hard to describe, but it a very enjoyable experience!
    In Orwell, you are the investigator that is using a "Big Brother" look-a-like tool to investigate a political instigator, in parallel events to those of the first game.
    Like in the first game, your choices and your analysis of the suspect and events can allow interesting outcomes, that so many times make you feel that you are not playing for the good guys anymore, and with the new "Influencer tool", not present in the first game, you mess around more with the social media channels and the influence that it poses to the masses.

    An awesome experience that I fully recommend.    … Expand
  4. BLADELING
    Mar 27, 2018
    9
    Not impressive as the first season but it's always a simple and appealing game. I found this second season a lot less "conspiracy" and more realistic. We see the influencer tool at work every day, in real life.
    Entering data chunks now makes 10 minutes pass, so we need to be better at picking the relevant ones. And even if there are no attacks to be thwarted, there are moments of tension!    Not impressive as the first season but it's always a simple and appealing game. I found this second season a lot less "conspiracy" and more realistic. We see the influencer tool at work every day, in real life.
    Entering data chunks now makes 10 minutes pass, so we need to be better at picking the relevant ones. And even if there are no attacks to be thwarted, there are moments of tension!
    I loved it! I saw three endings out of four and I will play it again to try the last one. The length of the game is 3-4 hours. Thinking that you'll want to play it again at least once, it's 10 euros for 6-8 hours of fun. Not bad! :D    … Expand
  5. pineappled
    Jun 24, 2020
    7
    I had a lot of fun with Orwell: Ignorance Is Strength and am hoping for more installments.
  6. kezzyhko
    Sep 6, 2021
    8
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  7. PublicNuisance
    Jun 23, 2022
    8
    There was a good amount of improvement to Ignorance is Strength over the original Orwell but there was a few instances where it took a step back as well. One thing I thought Orwell lacked that the sequel fixed was voice acting for the phone calls. It was not only a nice feature to add but the voice acting was well done. You can also now influence social media by finding data chunks thatThere was a good amount of improvement to Ignorance is Strength over the original Orwell but there was a few instances where it took a step back as well. One thing I thought Orwell lacked that the sequel fixed was voice acting for the phone calls. It was not only a nice feature to add but the voice acting was well done. You can also now influence social media by finding data chunks that fit a certain narrative. The feature itself was decent but it kind of tied into one thing I didn’t like about Ignorance is Strength and that was the perspective. In the original you were doing ethically dubious deeds but were at least trying to find a bomber. In the sequel your objective felt far less worth the effort after the first chapter or so. One thing I will say is that I fully believe many governments would take part in the kind of petty actions that happen in this game. While I was a bit disappointed in where the story went I at least enjoyed the characters and the twists and turns they took as well as how the sequel tied into the original. It takes place at the same time as the original with you working on a totally separate case although it does overlap slightly. One more issue I had was that once again I found that the game didn’t stay true to what it asks of you. Your boss says to leave out data that doesn’t matter but at least a couple times I had to add, what I deem to be, subjective data chunks that were more opinion than fact in order to progress.

    I played Ignorance is Strength on Linux. It never crashed and I didn’t notice any bugs or spelling mistakes. There are no graphics options. Alt-Tab didn’t work. The game saves on exit but there is just one save file so it always gets overwritten. The game is capped at 60 FPS.

    Game Engine: Unity
    Graphics API: OpenGL
    Input Used: keyboard and mouse
    Game Version Played: 1.1.6771.24898

    CPU Usage: 4-19 %
    RAM Usage: 1.7-3.3 GB

    Overall I would say that Ignorance is Strength is on par with the original Orwell. It does some things better, some things worse, so is overall a wash. If you enjoyed the original you should enjoy this sequel as it is very much the same style game play as before. The story and characters are worth exploring. My distaste for some of the story may really be praise if that is what the developers were going for. I finished the game in two hours and forty four minutes and can say it is worth it’s current price tag of $11.49 CAD.

    My System:

    Intel i7-6700 | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | Intel HD 530 | Mesa 21.2.6 | Trisquel 10.0.1 | Mate 1.24.0 | Kernel 5.18.5-gnu    … Expand
  8. Sepherim
    Mar 29, 2021
    6
    Orwell: Ignorance is Strength construye sobre el primer Orwell, profundizando en su relato y mecánicas. Con una historia que corre paralela al del primer juego, cambia el foco del juego de la discusión sobre transparencia y vigilancia, a la cuestión de cómo nos influenciamos y se construyen las narrativas sociales. Para esto la clave es la nueva mecánica del juego que nos permite esparcirOrwell: Ignorance is Strength construye sobre el primer Orwell, profundizando en su relato y mecánicas. Con una historia que corre paralela al del primer juego, cambia el foco del juego de la discusión sobre transparencia y vigilancia, a la cuestión de cómo nos influenciamos y se construyen las narrativas sociales. Para esto la clave es la nueva mecánica del juego que nos permite esparcir ciertas historias que cambian cómo progresa la historia principal. Así, nos volvemos más proactivos que en su predecesor, aunque a cambio el juego tiene como pega que resulta más corto.

    Gráficamente el juego mantiene el estilo peculiar de su predecesor, cumpliendo más o menos bien el apartado. Ha mejorado mucho en sonido, ya que ahora muchas de las cosas (como las llamadas telefónicas) están dobladas. Y al menos en mi experiencia, no ha tenido bugs.

    Sin duda, es un juego recomendable, aunque no imprescindible. Un 6.    … Expand
  9. apokalipto
    Sep 1, 2023
    8
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  10. DreamOfHero
    Apr 6, 2023
    6
    The plot of this game takes place almost simultaneously with its predecessor, and interesting mechanics have been added. However, the plot leaves much to be desired and the duration of the title, compared to its predecessor, is truly negligible. In addition, the presence of only the English language means that, at least in the written and non-vocal parts, the user must have a very goodThe plot of this game takes place almost simultaneously with its predecessor, and interesting mechanics have been added. However, the plot leaves much to be desired and the duration of the title, compared to its predecessor, is truly negligible. In addition, the presence of only the English language means that, at least in the written and non-vocal parts, the user must have a very good command of the language. Personally, I believe that the addition of other languages would have been more appreciated and would have made the game more immersive and enjoyable. The story does not involve the user enough and many of the information found are not really useful to understand what is happening.… Expand

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74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. We Got This Covered
    Apr 11, 2018
    70
    Orwell: Ignorance is Strength approaches the relevance to which it aspires, but not until late in its final act.
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  2. GameStar
    Apr 11, 2018
    85
    Orwell sends intense, cold shivers down the spine of the player/supervisor. As long as he's willing to read a lot.
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  3. Everyeye.it
    Apr 4, 2018
    76
    The second chapter of Osmotic Studios's conspiratorial saga closes with an episode that adds - finally - to the experience genuinely new game mechanics.
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