Supposedly Wonderful Future

 PC
Metascore
62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Cubed3
    Jun 5, 2018
    80
    It is a wonderfully designed point-and-click adventure that truly plays on the emotions, with players having to make tough choices where no option is really good or fully satisfying, just like in real life. This being set in a Supposedly Wonderful Future adds much to the experience as it both opens up for interesting choices with unfamiliar topics, but also shows of a great cynicism, and at times hope and curiosity.
  2. GameGrin
    Jul 5, 2018
    70
    Supposedly Wonderful Future has left me considering the events of the game, and whether my moral choices make me a monster or a model citizen. It doesn’t really do much wrong, but if you didn’t like point-and-click games with a heavy amount of text before, you won’t enjoy them after, either.
  3. Hooked Gamers
    Apr 30, 2018
    55
    I’ve got a soft spot for super-low-budget titles like this, almost always the product of passion and heart, but there’s no escaping that Supposedly Wonderful Future is an inconsistent experience that, while containing some successful moments, has too many that are dull or drag. It's clear that there are a lot of interesting ideas at work, but they aren’t packaged into an experience that functions well enough or as a cohesive whole.
  5. GameCritics
    Apr 11, 2018
    55
    Supposedly Wonderful Future is all about looking at a complicated what-if scenario, seeing how every new invention has the possibility to both help and hinder humanity, and then coming to a decision that everyone can live with. Then, it’s suddenly about a man offering truly idiotic reasons for wanting to kill himself before watching him do it. It’s a terrible ending to an otherwise fascinating, thought-provoking experience.
  6. Adventure Gamers
    Jul 15, 2021
    50
    Supposedly Wonderful Future feels a bit like a cross between a heady sci-fi visual novel and a social experiment, focused on recording players’ choices when faced with moral dilemmas. Unfortunately, none of these are implemented in a way that serves the story in a meaningful way, making the experience, while unique, ultimately flat and unfulfilling.

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  1. PublicNuisance
    Mar 5, 2019
    9
    Supposedly Wonderful Future packs a heck of a punch story wise. It has various different moral dillemas you must take part in and chooseSupposedly Wonderful Future packs a heck of a punch story wise. It has various different moral dillemas you must take part in and choose between different ways to solve them. There are no right or wrong choices, no way to fail the task, just a lot of grey area in which to see what you think about certain issues. The basic story is that you are given the chance to time travel to the future to take part in five experiments, upon the completion of which you can choose to stay there or go back to your time. The future world is very well thought out. You get to access news articles about a multitude of current events for 2048. They were my favorite part actually. The articles give you a good idea how things have changed over the last thirty years and are an interesting read. The responses you get to pick from range from polite, rude, angry, etc. You never are forced to agree with the people you speak with. While I won’t spoil the ending I will say I guessed it in the first hour of the game. I still enjoyed the rest of the journey though. I do wish you got to see more of an ending as what we are given is rather abrupt.

    The graphics are not going to wow anyone but then again this is really a visual novel and when looked at that way it is above most visual novels for graphical fidelity. There is no voice acting but I don’t see that as a downside as I would rather no voice acting than poor voice acting. The soundtrack was decent, not wowing but not annoying either. The gameplay is part what you would expect of a visual novel in picking conversation chocies to advance the story but there are some light point and click elements as well. I would still classify it as a visual novel.

    I played the game on Linux. It didn’t crash on me even once. The game ran at 144fps the whole time. The game supported manual saves and gives you 100 save slots to use which is more than enough. I did have two issues in that Steam achievements didn’t work for me and Alt-Tab didn’t work. I beat the game in just over 4 hours. I paid $2.87 CAD for the game but would say it is easily worth $20. The game uses the Unity engine and had an install size of 1218MB. I played the game from Steam. It didn’t list a version number.

    If you enjoy visual novels or scifi stories I would easily recommend it. It has a fantastic story that makes you think and is a good example of what the genre can produce.

    My Score: 9/10

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