Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. kezzyhko
    Sep 6, 2021
    8
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  4. 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
  5. apokalipto
    Sep 1, 2023
    8
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.

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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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