Rob Pitt writes: With a concept which wouldn’t go amiss in a Black Mirrors episode, SIMULACRA is a game in which you must dig through a missing persons mobile phone in order to try and track her down and ‘hopefully’ find her before something bad happens.
Combining simulation with FMV gameplay, and both horror and thriller tropes within the narrative and presentation, taking a sneaky look through someone else’s phone is rather exciting thanks to the attention to detail on display.
From PSU: "Every couple years, I stumble across cell phone horror in some form or another. Whether it’s a YouTube ad or series of images, I’ve always had that itch to check one out. The tension that comes from being mislead or misinterpreting something someone else said has its own level of intrigue. So, I naturally jumped at the chance to try Simulacra, but what I found wasn’t exactly the (An)droid I was looking for."
Heather writes: "Without giving away too much, Simulacra made me put down the Switch in shock and consider just how often I placed a device in-between me and reality. Aside from a handful of people I see on a daily basis, pretty much every movement I make is perceived through social media, emails, text messages, or some other form of digital communication. Where I’d previously seen social media as one of many ways to waste time, I now realize it’s starting to become a weak representation of my true self — a simulacrum, if you will. And wow, do I hate that — luckily, there’s still time for me to save myself."
"Simulacra is the latest "lost/found phone" game to come to the Nintendo Switch. If you are unfamiliar with the genre, these games centre around the player being asked to dig through some unfortunate's phone with the goal of discovering how they came to be parted from it in the first place." Phil @ TC
