"It’s not that I’m not trying. I want to get hooked on this game. I want to eagerly anticipate every new scrap of information it gives me. I want to cast longing looks at my debit card before reminding myself that grocery shopping comes first. But it’s flat-out impossible to connect with a world I only see in thirty-second flashes."
Mariel Hurd on why Fallen London's drip-feed approach doesn't let you get addicted enough to keep coming back.
"For years I resisted playing it, knowing from the barest descriptions that this game would hook me like cocaine. But last night, in a moment of weakness, I gave in, hid my wallet, and signed up.
It’s…not been the addictive marathon I was dreading."
If you're a fan of Fallen London, spooky romance, spooky crime-solving, spooky branching narratives, and especially human-sized bats, this game is for you.
Hmmm...I might check this out. I like the idea of Fallen London more than anything else, same with Sunless Sea. I'll have to check out Sunless Skies, as I wasn't aware that was a thing. It's the setting that really intrigues me, and while there are things I really like about the games I have played, I can only get so into them for some reason or another.
Maybe it's just that I want to be in Fallen London, and I want to see it with more visual representation. A VN isn't a bad idea. I support it. Maybe it will be the thing that sucks me into this universe and keeps me there.
Josh Griffiths writes: "Fallen London is a browser game brought to us by Failbetter Games - the folks behind Sunless Sea. But one feature ruins this otherwise great game."
J Station X: Failbetter Games says that 'representation is everything' in gaming. The developer also updates Fallen London's gender and pronoun options.
Wrong, entertainment is everything. If you're using your game to push a social agenda chances are your game probably isn't very fun.