Lifeline

I'm very pleasantly surprised with this fantastic little piece of interactive fiction. Sure, the sci-fi premise had me interested from the start, but Lifeline turned out to be a LOT more entertaining than I expected. The writing and plot is top notch with an incredibly likeable protagonist in Taylor. I didn't think the story would have kept me so engaged... Read more

Lifeline is essentially a story that unfolds in real-time. It's all diaglog based, with Taylor (the main character) describing what he is seeing and doing, and you can offer advice to tell him what to do next. So there are times where he'll need to 'travel" from point A to point B. So nothing will happen for an hour. You are literally expected to shut... Read more

I recently received this game for free from BFG_Skipper. It is a point and click text adventure game featuring two protagonists, an unnamed radio communications operator from Earth (the player) and a lone survivor Taylor from a small transport spaceship Varia which crashed onto a desert moon of 31U00W around Tau Ceti. As Taylor explores the immediate... Read more

Conclusion - Unfortunately the game is simply a waiting simulator designed for mobile and given the amount of content/interaction, isn't (in my opinion) worth the asking price. I was expecting some similar type of game to Reigns when purchasing but have been left disappointed. What there is, seems like it could be a decent story, but with fast scrolling... Read more

Imagine your usual day-to-day occasionally interrupted by a text from Taylor, the sole-survivor of a shuttle mission that crash landed somewhere in the vastness of uncharted outer space. That is the plot of Lifeline, a good mobile game with a very compelling sci-fi story that sadly doesn't translate as well as I would've liked to the Windows platform. Launched... Read more