Immortality, Sam Barlow's most recent indie hit, launches onto mobile
The most recent indie hit from legendary developer Sam Barlow and Half Mermaid, Immortality, has finally launched onto mobile devices. Courtesy of Netflix’s games platform, this high-brow mystery title sees you trying to piece together the disappearance of a famous actress by perusing three separate films she was in and finding clues within each.
Sam Barlow has always had a knack for weird and eerie mystery games, with hits such as Her Story and even Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. All of the titles he’s designed are typically very engaging and will have you hooked on the plot especially, determined to solve the spooky tales each weaves. Immortality is no different.
Utilising a system in which you’ll begin with clips from one of those three movies this fictional actress starred in, you’ll then scrub through those bits of the films and click on various people or objects in the scene, which will then give you new clips to look through and so on.
As you pick through all of these various bits and pieces of the films, you’ll not only slowly start to complete the films and be able to watch them in their entirety, but you’ll also begin seeing odd visions of a mysterious person, almost ghostly sightings. Combine this with the fact that you’ll also slowly pick up on the story at work here, which I won’t spoil due to it being potentially one of the best out there currently, and there’s a lot of digging to do with an incredible payoff.
If you’ve been a fan of Sam Barlow’s works, Immortality is the game for you beyond any doubt. Sporting one of the best review score averages seen this year, it has become quite a hit, and is surely going to find its way onto quite a few "game of the year" lists.
Those of you who are subscribers to Netflix can download Immortality for free right now through the platform at either of the links below this article!
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