Neofeud is a brilliant ride.
Video games can not only be a vessel to escape reality, but can also force players to confront
and engage with reality, and this is what Neofeud does.
There is some text-heavy criticism of this game, but | personally really enjoyed this approach. |
found the gameplay to be a satisfying combination of demonstration and commentary, and
while the commentary was heavier, it was so immersive and thought out that | am glad it was
not cut down. | laughed at times and felt immensely infuriated at times, given the parallels of
injustice in our world highlighted by the game creator. This is the kind of storytelling and world-
building richness | crave in games. Neofeud explored the depths that makes up our capitalist
reality and I found the game to be a multi-dimensional representation of Marx's Das Kapital. It
is received as a labor of love, one that speaks to the cultural references of our generation.
Logistic-gameplay-wise, | appreciate the length of the game given how heavy some of the
鈥榳orld-building and material was. At times the inventory/environment interface was challenging
to navigate as you had to hover your mouse over the right spot in order to trigger a clickable
action, but it wasn't insurmountable. | enjoyed the puzzles; however, there were a few that
were too easy in that the player could click down a list to eliminate all wrong answers until they