![]() Like Hypnospace, Videoverse is split into pages that you can dip in and out of at will like an internet browser. As Emmett progresses further in this ninja-infused riff on Final Fantasy, these story beats provide the necessary context for his second favourite activity: chatting with fellow FF likers on the Shark's Videoverse forums. The Shark is, of course, a video games console first and foremost, and when Emmett logs on each day, we're treated to snippets of Feudal Fantasy's beautifully crafted 1-bit cutscenes. Most of your time in Videoverse is split between three main activities. ![]() Rather, this is a proto-internet tale that's all about the friendships we form online, and the bonds that carry us forward when real-life relationships just don't cut it anymore. But another Hypnospace Outlaw this is not. Yes, there are trolls spoiling everyone's fun, and yes, there's a hint of something more nefarious going on underneath Videoverse's source code. It's a love letter to the early internet at its rose-tinted best, and to the lost, formative spaces that brought so many like-minded individuals together and gave them a sense of purpose. But for the citizens of Videoverse, an online community that's part and parcel of the soon to be defunct 1-bit video games console the Kinmoku Shark, this sense of an ending is something that many of them aren't equipped to deal with, least of all teenager Emmett, who's just discovered the fan page for his favourite video game, Feudal Fantasy.Īs he deals with the prospect of having to bid farewell to friends old and new, including the mysterious but talented fan artist Vivi, Videoverse taps into a potent and nostalgic melancholy. Most of us who were knocking around the internet in the early 00s will have at least one online gravestone in the closet somewhere, whether it's a long abandoned LiveJournal or MySpace page, or an old internet forum that sadly doesn't exist anymore (RPS in peace). Reviewed on: Intel Core i9-11900K, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3080, Windows 10Īs people of a certain age will know, the current, slow-moving death of Twitter is nothing we haven't seen before.A thoughtful and beautifully-written tale about online friendships and the communities that bring people together, Videoverse makes every interaction and dialogue choice count as you navigate its interpersonal dramas.
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