Indigo Prophecy is a game that truly stands up to the term “Cinematic game play.” It is set up as an interactive movie. The story is similar to old-school mystery books were you had to turn to different pages depending on what you wanted the character(s) to do. The story is about as non-linear as you can go, and still have a story. For instance in the first scene, after you have committed the murder, if you forget to pay your bill, the waitress will call you back and remember your face. However if you pay your bill she can’t remember you very well, making the cop’s have a harder time finding you.

The physics are probably the best thing done in this game. Throughout the whole game there are two stuntmen in motion reading suites. They act out everything, and characters are mapped over them. This creates priceless authentic real world movement. This process is used for anything from the waitress curling her hand, to the oracle wielding a steel pipe at you head.

Although the controls look dorky, with having to push the joysticks in four alternate directions, or tap L and R alternately in action sequences, it works quite well. The controls are quite comfortable, never get boring, and vary in difficulty throughout the game.

For the sound there are about twenty licensed songs. However you will only hear about five of them unless you take the time to actually turn on the stereo in your apartment, and listen to Theory of a Dead man, along with the other songs they threw in. The main theme is quite good and fits the game style well as a passive song, at the same time it never gets boring.

The graphics and camera are the biggest shortfalls of this game. The characters are not smoothed over very well, creating roof textures. Often when controlling your camera you will see several different frames on the screen, and only be in one, with no camera control. Thus creating a frustrating, waste of time, as you stumble around, trying to find your destination.

            Considering that you get about twelve hours of solid story, plus the replay is near unlimited, because of the different choices and their results. I consider this a must buy.

“An intensively satisfying interactive thriller” 

Overall-8.6 

Gameplay-9

Graphics-6

Sound-8

Value-9

Length-@12 hours

Difficulty-Medium-hard