Wow...just.........Wow.....
In my gaming experience, I've seen some pretty good games. Some are bad, but mostly good, however, in Indigo Prophecy's case, this stands to be one of the best games I have played in years!
It was weird how I came upon this game, actually. It was in a discount box at a GameStop. The cover alone made me want to buy it, but I didn't have enough money, so I passed. Later on, I purchased it on eBay after reading some of it's good reviews, and was shocked on how fun it really was! In the first level, you play as man called Lucas Kane inside of the bathroom of a diner in New York. Your player is somehow possessed into killing the man in the restroom with him, and proceeds. After killing the guy, Lucas realizes what he did, and loses half of his sanity, and thats where the game starts.
The story alone made it really hard for me to quit playing, but almost everything about this game has been polished to the max. The graphics are pretty good for a Playstation 2 game, and it has some of the most unique gameplay ever! Walking and running around isn't any different from most games, but it's the cutscenes that really does it in. You actually get to control what your character says! When I say that, I don't mean you choose from a selection once or twice every two or so hours, you literally have to choose what they say. During a conversation, you use the right analog stick to hit the key word you want to bring up during the conversation, (and theres quite a big list of words. So many, in fact, that even after playing though it several times, you won't have seen every scene in the game).
And what I just said is only the tip of the iceberg! There is four people you play as through out the game, (five if you include the robot in the tutorial). Lucas was already mentioned, but you also play as two police officers trying to apprehend Lucas as a murder. You also get to play as a priest in one level, but only depending on how you've played through the game. Each person's path changes depending on how you talk with other main characters and what you do during levels. The controls for moving around are pretty basic, but mix that up with unique gameplay and more then six endings, and you've got one of the best games you'll play in quite a while!
Over all, you almost can't go wrong with this game,(unless you're buying this for a younger person as a gift. This game is pretty heavy on cults and rituals, and contains a certain ADULT scene near the end). If you're bored and need a new game, I highly recomend this game above most any other one on the market!Read full review
