Afterparty is a booze-soaked fever dream that gets choices right

Choices in videogames are terrifically tough to pull off. I’ve never made a game before, but you should trust me anyway. Think about it: imagine coming up with a narrative that is enticing enough for you to continue playing and works with the game’s design philosophy and features. Now, once that’s done, you need to do it all over again for each branching path. With series such as Life is Strange in mind, the best adventure games do this in order to imbue each choice some degree of consequence. If you’re posed a dilemma, but the result is the same either way - I’m looking at you, Anthem - it is no such thing. Weaker choice-driven games are guilty of this and use their faux conundra to conceal their true linearity. Considering that Afterparty is made by Night School Studios - the developer behind the excellent supernatural choice-’em-up, Oxenfree - that this is a game that gets its narrative junctures right should be no surprise. What’s more, your decisions are driven by something you should absolutely not make more of once you’ve had your fill: alcohol.

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