Telling Lies

 Xbox One
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. XboxAddict
    May 29, 2020
    70
    It’s obvious that a lot of work and care went into crafting the unique experience Telling Lies gives, it simply takes some out of the box thinking to really appreciate and hours of patience to piece it together. While I enjoyed the outcome and its complexity, it’s tricky to recommend unless you’re the type of person that would enjoy snooping through hours of private video conversations and can somehow keep track of it all.

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User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 24
  3. Negative: 8 out of 24
  1. Xbox_Alive
    May 4, 2020
    8
    Telling Lies is an FMV Intrigue Narrative Desktop Adventure. From the creator of Her Story is a new FMV. Instead of one character, you will beTelling Lies is an FMV Intrigue Narrative Desktop Adventure. From the creator of Her Story is a new FMV. Instead of one character, you will be watching four. You are an unknown investigator given access to four peoples secretly recorded video calls. You're tasked with figuring out the connections between these people and the underlying plots. Each video is fully captioned, and superbly acted. You'll use a search bar to search the videos for key interactions about different nouns you can highlight from the captions. Each search will provide only the top five matches but will tell you how many matches there are. As I said before the acting is superb, allowing you to read expressions to help you along with your investigations. There is so much to dig through as you try to piece together these for people you know nothing about. If you're paying enough attention to details, these four strangers will be no enigmas by the end of the game. Telling Lies is easily one of the best FMV games to date, raising the bar drastically on the Genre. Sleuths will have plenty to go through and tons of in conversation hints. Matching the two sides of a conversation will shed even more light on the ongoing story. Telling Lies is a deep and intricately built experience that can provide rewarding gameplay.… Full Review »
  2. JayAlex
    Apr 24, 2021
    2
    Too expensive for what you get, and if you're expecting "Her Story 2," this isn't it, it isn't even close. Part of what made Her Story workToo expensive for what you get, and if you're expecting "Her Story 2," this isn't it, it isn't even close. Part of what made Her Story work was the micro-viewing sessions, which are replaced with longer, more tedious one-sided delivery that seems to be basically ignorant of what makes a game fun - this is more a slog than fun. Don't recommend.… Full Review »
  3. madmad90
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    Way too boring, the acting is good but playing the game put me to sleep. The story is boring too.
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