Tell Me Why

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5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 296 Ratings

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  1. Ciocolici
    Aug 12, 2023
    8
    "Tell Me Why" is a narrative adventure that unapologetically delves into profound themes and emotions. Through its three episodes, the game boasts mesmerizing visuals, crafting picturesque landscapes that demand appreciation. The tale itself, while initially reminiscent of "Life is Strange," quickly asserts its individuality with a deliberate storytelling pace and a unique atmosphere. The"Tell Me Why" is a narrative adventure that unapologetically delves into profound themes and emotions. Through its three episodes, the game boasts mesmerizing visuals, crafting picturesque landscapes that demand appreciation. The tale itself, while initially reminiscent of "Life is Strange," quickly asserts its individuality with a deliberate storytelling pace and a unique atmosphere. The characters, notably the two protagonists, draw you in with their authenticity, and the narrative's focus on a transgender perspective offers a perspective rarely explored in mainstream gaming.

    Yet, amidst these strengths, there are moments of pacing lethargy that occasionally hinder the experience. While some choices carry weight, there's room for more impactful decisions that resonate long after the game ends. Additionally, the supporting cast could have been more captivating, and the dialogue options more varied.

    The plot's intrigue shines brightly, entwining mystery and emotional arcs that often catch you off guard. The third episode especially showcases the story's evolution and resolves the mystery neatly. In the end, "Tell Me Why" stands as a heartfelt journey that, despite its flaws, succeeds in leaving an emotional impact. It's a well-crafted narrative adventure that admirably tackles difficult subjects, and while it may not reach the pinnacle of Dontnod's past works, it forges its own path with poignancy.    … Expand
  2. ozzsoffy
    Jul 27, 2023
    7
    Very narrative and intriguing game, most of it is dialogs and choosing to show more story parts, as it is not a fast past game. the graphics is amazing, and the characters dialog is also very good. although it can feel a bit doll sometimes.
    One of the two main characters is a trans man, which add more humanity to the game, spicily the interactions of different characters with him.
    It    Very narrative and intriguing game, most of it is dialogs and choosing to show more story parts, as it is not a fast past game. the graphics is amazing, and the characters dialog is also very good. although it can feel a bit doll sometimes.
    One of the two main characters is a trans man, which add more humanity to the game, spicily the interactions of different characters with him.
    It tool me a long time to finish this game, too slow for me, but the story make up for it.
    I would recommend this game.    … Expand
  3. Vonn_Reiner
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    This is a game that strives to push the envelope of narrative-based gaming but falls far short of its potential. The entire experience feels like an extended, ambulatory simulation that struggles to maintain interest. It disappointingly takes little advantage of the exciting possibilities that video games offer, focusing instead on a linear, poorly paced plot.
    The game suffers from a    This is a game that strives to push the envelope of narrative-based gaming but falls far short of its potential. The entire experience feels like an extended, ambulatory simulation that struggles to maintain interest. It disappointingly takes little advantage of the exciting possibilities that video games offer, focusing instead on a linear, poorly paced plot.
    The game suffers from a significant overdose of cliches, which undermine the narrative's originality. It further fails in its attempt to reflect a diversity of experiences, defaulting instead to an excessively Americanized perspective that doesn't resonate with global players.
    Tell Me Why is a walking simulator that, despite promising potential, is burdened by a lack of compelling gameplay, a surplus of cliches, and a failure to authentically represent a broad spectrum of experiences.    … Expand
  4. ChloeTheBtch
    Jun 18, 2023
    10
    Amazing game, at par with DONTNOD's level. The reason there are so many negative reviews is that bigots are dumb and have np life. Absolutely recommend.
  5. Mindurbidniss
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    Got it for free on Xbox. Still not worth it. The writing and graphics are absolutely terrible. The gameplay is also non existent (and this is coming from someone who loves Telltale games). You basically just click to look at things and make inconsequential observations or replies.
  6. KinimodYunmi
    Apr 1, 2023
    8
    Sehr spannend, gut und detailreich umgesetzt und auch extrem schöne Grafik.
  7. LordOfTruth
    Mar 5, 2023
    1
    Just finished playing this game and alongside a couple other ugly games, this almost takes the ugly crown.
    The gameplay first of all is not fun at all, same with the story it simply "Just Sucks." I can't put it in any other words than that.
    I felt almost like a bit of torture trying to play through this game, it again. Was NOT fun and the story is rubbish. I would NOT recommend this game    Just finished playing this game and alongside a couple other ugly games, this almost takes the ugly crown.
    The gameplay first of all is not fun at all, same with the story it simply "Just Sucks." I can't put it in any other words than that.
    I felt almost like a bit of torture trying to play through this game, it again. Was NOT fun and the story is rubbish. I would NOT recommend this game to anyone.
    Devs just wanna juice the consumer out by maknig episodic type games and we ALL know that, don't get fooled with this oddball Tr@sh of a game.    … Expand
  8. TheQweast
    Mar 3, 2023
    2
    One of the worst choice games I've played for sure. The stakes are nonexistent. The characters and the arcs they go through are just a disappointment. I think the whole trans idea and accepting who you are could have been done so much better and with some other situations occuring but as it is it's just so underwhelming.
  9. VioIrdsGX
    Feb 24, 2023
    7
    The game is good with its story, technically the bad thing is that I personally did not like the character designs, I prefer to stay with the Life is Strange series, but this game is fine because its characteristics of childhood memories of the beginning and the conflict of those problems.
  10. Combiner
    Jan 30, 2023
    9
    Great story, characters. Enjoyed going trough this so much. So far my favorite game from Dontnod after Life Is Strange 1. From ones I played.
  11. Filipe69
    Jan 30, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bon jeu, malgré la fin un peu incomplète a mon goût voir bâclé mais sinon dans l’ensemble le jeu n’est pas si mal… Expand
  12. joaopoc1998
    Jan 4, 2023
    6
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  13. El_Misterioso
    Oct 25, 2022
    0
    Lo obtuve gratis, pero soy de los que piensan que un videojuego tiene que tener más gameplay que historia, simplemente aburrido, si quiero una historia con buenos personajes me voy a ver Breaking Bad, ya que la historia de este juego está al nivel de She Hulk, este "juego" es el peor del año no lo jueguen, es malardo autor matate xfa **** juego
  14. Gamerawy2002
    Oct 12, 2022
    0
    gay game
  15. Jackthegamer
    Sep 16, 2022
    5
    Boring game with a boring story that goes nowhere. The last episode is just awful
  16. kinsang
    Sep 10, 2022
    6
    ภาพสวย เนื้อเรื่องมีความลึกลับซ่อนเงื่อน แต่ก็ไม่ได้มีความหวือหวาเท่าไหร่นัก
  17. Dake_wo_miteru
    Jul 25, 2022
    9
    It's not the best interactive movie game, but it's definitely good one. Story is interesting and intriguing, though don't expect something extraordinary. Simple story that works. It has lack of choice variety, and consequences for those choices are sosometimes are weird. Transphobic themes are mostly annoying in this game, cause instead of showing real issues characters mostly complain howIt's not the best interactive movie game, but it's definitely good one. Story is interesting and intriguing, though don't expect something extraordinary. Simple story that works. It has lack of choice variety, and consequences for those choices are sosometimes are weird. Transphobic themes are mostly annoying in this game, cause instead of showing real issues characters mostly complain how someone elsewhere doesn't treat trans people well. Missed opportunity. But it's used well for main plot, liked how they implemented it for the story. Ending is good. Really good. Nothing epic, but it really gives some food for thought, pointing that our memories, our perception of other people are too subjective and sometimes lead to great mistakes. I can recommend it, though it's sometimes too slow.… Expand
  18. ProfAmateur
    Jun 28, 2022
    5
    Don't get me wrong - the story is pretty good. This is not a game as you would expect. It's more like a movie and you have some space to walk around and explore small places.
    It's definitely all about the story and not about gameplay. There are no gameplay mechanics in it (maybe you can call in chapter 3 two parts as "minigames" - but nothing more. The rest is clicking in dialogs and    Don't get me wrong - the story is pretty good. This is not a game as you would expect. It's more like a movie and you have some space to walk around and explore small places.
    It's definitely all about the story and not about gameplay. There are no gameplay mechanics in it (maybe you can call in chapter 3 two parts as "minigames" - but nothing more. The rest is clicking in dialogs and solving diffuse puzzles.
    The developer really try to give you a picture of being transgender, but sometimes it's just too much. they try to give you the "right" opinion about this an at this point i just feel patronized.
    I would say a Netflix-Production would have been better than a game.
    Play-Time: 10 hours    … Expand
  19. MiddleMufo
    Mar 6, 2022
    6
    Creo que no es un juego para mi, es un juego muy de nicho. Te tienen que gustar mucho los juegos de toma de decisiones y además debe gustarte la temática que trata. La historia esta bien, la idea es buena, pero le falta algo. Quizá un doblaje al castellano hubiera ayudado.
  20. MohammadRasouli
    Jan 17, 2022
    6
    Tell me why has good game , and beautiful story and high-flying but Tell me why Does not use this potential in termination، The characterization of two characters that complement each other is unique ، Artificial faces and ordinary graphics
  21. NicoNofx
    Jan 16, 2022
    8
    Fantastic graphics, voice acting, and most importantly, story. It was emotionally draining at times, but a very good story. Ran through all three chapters in one day. Well worth the time and money.

    I see several people commenting on this being and LGBT game/story, and while that is definitely an aspect of the story (especially in the first chapter), the game is much more than that. At    Fantastic graphics, voice acting, and most importantly, story. It was emotionally draining at times, but a very good story. Ran through all three chapters in one day. Well worth the time and money.

    I see several people commenting on this being and LGBT game/story, and while that is definitely an aspect of the story (especially in the first chapter), the game is much more than that. At its heart, it's a mystery plain and simple.    … Expand
  22. Geralt123
    Jan 14, 2022
    7
    This is kind of a family drama. It is very emotional and has very good graphics.

    Very good german voices. Game starts very slowly but in the end gets really exciting. A little too much political correctness (transexual). Dontnod should stop their political messages in game, it is getting on my nerves. Some dialogues are a bit silly, but so be it. Overall I have enjoyed it.    This is kind of a family drama. It is very emotional and has very good graphics.

    Very good german voices.

    Game starts very slowly but in the end gets really exciting.

    A little too much political correctness (transexual). Dontnod should stop their political messages in game, it is getting on my nerves.

    Some dialogues are a bit silly, but so be it.

    Overall I have enjoyed it. But it is not as good as Life Is Strange. You should only play this if you are open for emotions and deep feelings.    … Expand
  23. J1mT
    Jan 1, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I liked the story, the characters were interesting, the artwork was amazing and the graphics were also pretty good. Still I always had the feeling it didn't exploit its full potential.
    There were too many boring tasks. Like walking around in a house and thinking about what to keep and what to threw away, or counting stock in a store. These are tasks you should get paid for... that's just not what you want to do in a game.

    Also the book of goblins... It's a cute idea and nicely done, but you really don't want to read about 40 pages of children stories. That was just waaaay to much.

    Another annoying aspect were these lengthy exploration tours, where 95% of the information you can find is irrelevant and useless, but you still don't want to miss out on that important 5%.

    I generally enjoyed playing the game, and can recommend to play it, but it does require a certain amount of patience.    … Expand
  24. pelucatron
    Dec 10, 2021
    10
    I recently finished this game, and I like it, I'm playing a second run to get the other ending and all achievements. This is a game that tells a story, it is based on decisions and dialogs and there are puzzles, don't expect action scenes, you need to feel and experience the story. I think gameplay should let you skip dialogs you just heard, because I reproduced a few by accident, but atI recently finished this game, and I like it, I'm playing a second run to get the other ending and all achievements. This is a game that tells a story, it is based on decisions and dialogs and there are puzzles, don't expect action scenes, you need to feel and experience the story. I think gameplay should let you skip dialogs you just heard, because I reproduced a few by accident, but at least this feature is available once tou finish the game.
    One awesome feature is that on Steam you can connect to Xbox Live and get achievements on both platforms.    … Expand
  25. XionSoul
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    Un juego progre con gente enferma e ideología de género intentando normalizar algo que clínicamente está mal.
  26. Sepherim
    Nov 4, 2021
    6
    Tell me Why sigue un poco en la estela de Life is Strange 1 sin llegar a alcanzarla, pero sin duda está muy por encima del 2 y el resto. Una vez más tenemos una historia muy humana con un ligero componente sobrenatural (en este caso, la posibilidad de los protagonistas de comunicarse mentalmente) que habla sobre temas sociales como la transexualidad, el manejo de la pérdida, lasTell me Why sigue un poco en la estela de Life is Strange 1 sin llegar a alcanzarla, pero sin duda está muy por encima del 2 y el resto. Una vez más tenemos una historia muy humana con un ligero componente sobrenatural (en este caso, la posibilidad de los protagonistas de comunicarse mentalmente) que habla sobre temas sociales como la transexualidad, el manejo de la pérdida, las comunidades indígenas, etc. Lo manejan con bastante tacto, a diferencia de LiS 2, de modo que no se siente un panfleto sino una historia con vida. Añade unos cuantos cuentos sobre goblins y unos cuantos puzzles y más o menos tienes el juego. El problema, para mi gusto, es que las decisiones se sienten como que tienen poco impacto en la narrativa, algo muy malo en un juego de este estilo, porque la mayor parte de la historia importante tiene que ver con el pasado y los hechos en el presente no se ven tan afectados, más allá de la relación entre los hermanos.

    A nivel gráfico el juego está bien, con ese look más o menos característico de DontNod y sus momentos de música y escenas. El sonido cumple muy bien, la verdad. Y al menos en mi experiencia solo me encontré con algunos bugs menores (que el juego olvidase que cogí los coleccionables del episodio 1 y una salida a escritorio a mitad del episodio 2). Pero si que es importante señalar que no es un juego largo, unas 10 horitas y ya.

    Por todo ello, no creo que sea un juego que le cambie a nadie la vida, pero es agradable, tierno, interesante y entretenido. Un 6,5.    … Expand
  27. infraphys
    Oct 2, 2021
    0
    sencillamente gratis en game pass

    Juego genial si jugaste el life is strange 1 ,2 y life is strange before the storm se basa en la misma jugabilidad

    el juego es bueno aunque me pareció corto no espere que fueran solo 3 capítulos, pocos personajes en la historia por lo que es muy predecible saber los personajes misteriosos críticos de la historia
  28. p1menta
    Sep 25, 2021
    5
    It may be weird, but I rather play games that are basically full "walking simluators" than playing these cliick here to open this door, click there to turn on the lights, another click to open drawer. I mean, for me, it should be one or the other; the "traditional" games, where you do stuff, colect stuff etc, or games where just the story is important. These mundane stuff like shakingIt may be weird, but I rather play games that are basically full "walking simluators" than playing these cliick here to open this door, click there to turn on the lights, another click to open drawer. I mean, for me, it should be one or the other; the "traditional" games, where you do stuff, colect stuff etc, or games where just the story is important. These mundane stuff like shaking controller to brush teeth is just anoying. It gets in the way of both, playability storytelling.

    After saying that I must add: the thematic is pretty important, and specially among the gaming comunity, but i'm sure a game with this kind of mechanics won't gather much of people willing to stay and listen to the story.    … Expand
  29. Archound
    Sep 20, 2021
    4
    Boring. I forced myself to continue in the hope it will get interesting. It didn't until the very end. Animations were also bad. Book of goblins (a selection of "fairytales" tied to the story) was the best part of the game.
  30. SAMPASC
    Aug 5, 2021
    0
    predictable history.
    slow and boring game.
    predictable end.
    boring puzzle.
    stupid motivation
    one of the worst games i played
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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. RPG Fan
    Jun 27, 2022
    79
    Tell Me Why is kind of a fascinating experience. It feels personal and down-to-earth, even if it can at times be a little dull. The struggle of its twin protagonists to come to terms with the death of their troubled mother is relatable, even if the game never definitively answers their questions about her. Tyler’s experiences as a trans man feel genuine, and the game treats him with respect, even though it also capitalizes on his trauma to move the plot along. In the end, memories can only reveal so much, particularly when they conflict with someone else’s, and the only peace you can really have is the peace you choose to make for yourself.
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  2. Adventure Gamers
    Feb 16, 2021
    80
    What it lacks in its limited characters and locations, Tell Me Why makes up with a personal, intimate narrative that nicely captures the essence of everyday life and offers a much-needed examination of the human condition, all wrapped in a beautiful presentation in true DONTNOD style.
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  3. CD-Action
    Nov 16, 2020
    70
    It’s still good old Dontnod but Tell Me Why falls short of the studio’s previous achievements. Outdated engine aside, the game lacks interesting interactions or a relationship as powerful as Chloe’s and Max’s friendship in Life is Strange. Its simple story is quite linear and fails to surprise, and supporting characters are rather bland. [11/2020, p.62]
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