Telling Lies

 PlayStation 4
User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 35
  3. Negative: 12 out of 35

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  1. Messeboy
    Apr 30, 2020
    5
    While there is an interesting story here, and I understand the casting cost must have been fairly high.... the game does not warrant the price tag in playtime and replayability.
  2. DangerDave1409
    Jan 24, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I need to admit I only played it so far for like 2 hours but it already is quite boring and strange to just see videos, searching for clues in these without any real reason. The story so far seems boring and badly written.… Expand

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52
#52 Best PS4 Game of 2020

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Finger Guns
    Aug 9, 2020
    70
    You’re going to want a pen and a pad nearby to keep track of your characters, the threads and the keywords you’ll want to search for, and some questionable design decisions hold the game back from being an all-out classic of the genre – with the shocks and twists of Her Story towering over Telling Lies’ endgame – but it’s still well worth exploring if you’re looking for an interactive mystery to untangle.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jun 4, 2020
    80
    A perfectly executed peep-’emup that makes you feel in control of your investigation, and tells a twisting tale that you won’t easily forget. [Issue#176, p.81]
  3. GameCritics
    May 29, 2020
    65
    Telling Lies is a fantastic game…On PC. On consoles it’s playable, and for those who don’t have any other alternative it’ll do in a pinch, but playing with a mouse and keyboard is the way to go. The experience is so thematically intertwined with the pretense of using a personal computer that a lot is lost in the translation to home consoles. Considering the low system requirements, anyone with a relatively recent laptop should be able to run the PC version, making the console versions obsolete on arrival. The devs did the best they could with the port, but it’s still a distant second best to the original.
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