Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse
In this game, you’ll take on the role of the manager of a small diner located on a typical remote American highway.
What seems like a traditional management sim where you’ll have to cook your customers’ orders, will soon reveal itself to be a deeply narrative-driven game. Between serving up burgers and pouring whiskey, you’ll listen to the stories and problems of your hapless customers, offering advice to help them make decisions about their lives, and even stepping into their shoes when they open up to you about their struggles.
Added to all this are your own poorly concealed traumas and the impending end of the world, which may be more or less figurative.
Built using the Unreal Engine, the graphics feature a minimalist PS1-era style, but with meticulously crafted animations, even for the most mundane gestures, that will truly make you feel like you’re in your character’s shoes.
Lastly, it’s worth mentioning the excellent voice acting for all the characters who make up this microcosm of lives lived amid regrets and remorse, doubts and misplaced certainties, all of which influence one another in the most unexpected ways.
A relatively short game, but one that will keep you entertained throughout and leave you pondering long after it’s over.
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