If this game was actually published back in 1984, it would be well-known to all today - it feels like it came straight out of a creepypasta and could easily be a widespread urban legend. I don’t want to give away too many of the surprises, but suffice it to say that there’s much more in store, and depending on the choices we make throughout the relationship, we’ll have one of four possible endings, each with its own philosophical lesson.
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Doesn’t Amigo have full control of the game he created? Or is he hiding something from me? Something about this just isn’t right. As the journey continued, bizarre things began to happen, and bugs and anomalies began to surface. He boasts that he remade the script, the map, and the characters just for me, only to hand me the weirdest creatures and a gruesome plot. Rather than Amigo being my electronic pal, maybe I was becoming his Tamagotchi? It was a not-so-innocent thought, because as the game proceeds, some things start to become clearer - it turns out Amigo is bit of a sadist. Once I finished the story, Amigo upgraded it and… Surprise! It’s text-based anymore, but an 8-Bit RPG.Īt this point, I began to question the dynamics of our relationship. In fact, I consider this aspect to be a great accomplishment - it’s not easy to make a captivating text-based game! The only real problem here is the lack of an actual keyboard for the Switch.įor players who are not into the text-based genre, I would guess they’d find BS1984 boring and might give up, but that would be a huge mistake. It’s a text-based adventure in the old Zork style, and like the classics of the genre, the developers were able to add moments of tension and suspense that make us interested in the story, despite this one being short and simple. Realizing that I was bored (which was true), Amigo created a new game, just for me – The Adventure of «your username». We played Rock Paper Scissors, Hangman, and Guess the Number. We can almost believe we’re in 1984 talking with a real person.įrom here we proceed to do other things. However, this was just the first of multiple overreactions to such simple feats.Īt this phase BS1984 is fully text-based, and reminiscent of chat rooms from the late ’80s, with all their marvelous beeping sounds and interface clack-clacks. What is my name? When is my birthday? What is the name of my pet? What is my favorite color? And it’s at this moment that he pulls the first trick to surprise me - he turns the screen to my favorite color! Not a great achievement, but he seemed very happy. He first asks us to name him – I chose Amigo.Īmigo starts asking very personal questions right away. On the other hand, while it’s an interesting way to set the conceptual tone from the start, we need to repeat the command prompt in this DOS-like shell every time we want to enter the game, which was annoying.Īfter we properly execute, the machine starts to talk with us - it’s a virtual buddy, that right from the beginning looks thrilled to be our friend and can’t wait to do everything he can to keep us entertained. The first of those is right when we launch the game - it opens not with a conventional intro, but with a terminal emulator from the ’80s.įor players who grew up with an Apple II or a Macintosh, this will definitely trigger a nostalgic spark. I must admit that when I started playing Buddy Simulator 1984, my immediate reaction was that a chat simulator might push us further towards digital dystopia in this time of lonely souls - but then… surprise!īuddy Simulator 1984 is one of those intriguing titles that pop up every now and then, and despite its simplicity, captures our interest with ideas and unexpected crazy moments. WTF I had a dead grandma in my inventory. LOW Having to write the command prompt to enter the game. HIGH Different graphic styles and a suspenseful story.
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