As such, functional organs are highly valuable, although the organs being sold are, themselves, also phony cures.Īs the game progresses, each of the letter-writers, aside from Doctor Money, find themselves in increasingly distressing situations. Charlotte reveals to the protagonist that although Doctor Money has created an antidote to the virus, it causes vital organ failure. Charlotte, fearful of the outside, refuses to leave her shop, her letters lamenting her loneliness and the horrors of the city, having fallen to the virus. Smiley, the protagonist's assigned "Happy Buddy", tries to keep the protagonist happy with overwhelmingly cheerful dialogue and small gifts, including party poppers, a poster, and several video games played on a Game Boy-esque device. Doctor Money's letters explain that the city is suffering from an epidemic caused by an unnamed virus which has infected 98% of the population, and that the remaining 2% are mainly prison inmates, including the protagonist.
Salvador's letters detail his expedition north, where he watches a river's flow change direction, picks up an interest in wood carving, and eventually returns back to the city. Smiley, a man hired by Doctor Money to keep the protagonist happy and non-suicidal and Charlotte, a woman who owns a nearby bakery, and who is presumably the only other person left alive in the city. The letters each come from one of four people: Salvador, an explorer and friend of the protagonist Doctor Money, a rich organ-harvester and the man imprisoning the protagonist Mr. The player is able to move around their cell and read letters sent through their cell door, which arrive at set times in each in-game day, with no way for the player to make them arrive more quickly, and no way to respond. Presentable Liberty is minimalistic in gameplay and scope, taking place almost entirely in a small jail cell. The game's plot, involving a deadly virus outbreak, combined with the motif of isolation, was compared by some reviewers to the COVID-19 pandemic, although the game was released many years prior to it.Ī remake of Presentable Liberty and the first entry in the Menagerie series, Exoptable Money, was planned, however, three separate Kickstarter campaigns failed to gather sufficient funding, and the remakes ceased development following Brock's death in 2018. Presentable Liberty received positive reviews for its story and minimalistic approach to gameplay, and achieved moderate mainstream attention due to let's plays by popular YouTubers Markiplier and Jacksepticeye. Instead, the player's interaction is mainly limited to reading letters sent to them and playing games to entertain themself.
In the game, the player is trapped in a jail cell which (for the majority of the game) they cannot leave. Menagerie II: Presentable Liberty is a 2014 indie psychological horror video game made by Robert "Wertpol" Brock as a part of the Menagerie series. 2014 video game Menagerie II: Presentable Liberty
0 kommentar(er)
