Not For Broadcast

[Tomáš]

Genre: Adventure

Year released: 2022

Ross's rating: Unrated

Link to game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147550/Not_For_Broadcast/

Free to play: No

GaaS: Unknown

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[InvisibleBlimps]

Not For Broadcast is a propaganda simulator that lets you work in a cool editing station as the main gameplay element and has neat dynamic music/sounds that change depending on the choices the player makes in certain situations. All the live broadcasts you edited are put on an old VCR and re-watching them can be a bit slow because there's no fast forward function yet but watching your mistakes unfold is fun. This is an Early Access Game with only 3 playable chapters that will have a total of 10 once the game is finished.

[Dr.Ramsay]

This game has been out of EA for a while now. It's quite fun though the main story is very black and white and the minigame for preventing hacks was a bit too hard for me. Otherwise it is quite fun.

[Gabe]

This game earns the dubious distinction of me being unsure if it's communist propaganda, or not. On one hand the visual novel sections feature such heavy handed political messaging as "If you don't want to rob your brother you have to send Grandma to the concentration camp" and "Actually the whole legal system is corrupt, and gay but being gay is a bad thing in this context!" but they dress up their Strong Independent Woman(TM) as the literal devil telling you to do bad stuff, and have the "art" they're funding being cringe (though the devs may think this is actually really good, as it's not possible to lose viewers during this segment while focusing on the sports parody guy's shot for 11 seconds instead of cutting away from the actual moment of the throw to some guy reacting to the throw causes viewership to plummet).

 

The core of the gameplay is watching British theater kids doing poorly written comedy skits while playing a small assortment of minigames. If you love terrible acting in FMV games, and don't mind hamhanded over the top political messaging this might be for you.