Always Sometimes Monsters

 PlayStation 4
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4.0

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 3 out of 5
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  1. Glamazon
    Nov 25, 2017
    4
    Always Sometimes Monsters left me feeling uneasy, but only some of the unease was intentional. If you try to weigh the risks and rewards of your decisions, you’re going to have a horrible time. No matter what you choose, you’re made to feel less than, perhaps living up to its title.

    You’re presented with a cruel and cynical world throughout, with far too few moments of true altruism in    Always Sometimes Monsters left me feeling uneasy, but only some of the unease was intentional. If you try to weigh the risks and rewards of your decisions, you’re going to have a horrible time. No matter what you choose, you’re made to feel less than, perhaps living up to its title.

    You’re presented with a cruel and cynical world throughout, with far too few moments of true altruism in a narrative preaching some objective impossibility of a selfless act. And then, at least with the ending my choices led to, they pull a twist that throws the entire take into a pointless waste of your time and emotional energy.

    Always Sometimes Monsters succeeds most of all at being emotionally draining, but the fascinating first day is let down by the days that follow. On the outset, AWS presents a few progressive and refreshing ideas, betraying them in its cynical simulation of reality. It’s worth playing exclusively as an interesting narrative experience, but try to take it slowly less you feel too awful and its cynicism starts rubbing off.    … Expand

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  1. Digitally Downloaded
    Oct 31, 2017
    80
    Get past the crashes and the tonal inconsistency, and Always Sometimes Monsters has a moving and thought-provoking story to tell. It’s rough and unpleasant, but empathetic and human at the same time. It’s a game about surviving under a capitalist system that doesn’t care about you, and about what happens when people fall through the cracks.
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