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Monorail Stories Review
Posted: 3 months ago.
Author: @GeekDadGamer and Jo Robertson.
Overview
Silvie and Ahmal live in two cities opposite each other. At different times of day they both commute to work, and make choices about who to talk to and how to treat their fellow passengers. They don't know each other, but the decisions they make affect each other's lives in profound ways.
This may be as trivial as a lost scarf, or as important as advice for someone's failing relationship or maybe intervening in a harassment. At the end of each day you get a recap of the decisions you made for each character. Each new day is a chapter and a new set of interlocking choices in their shared story.
You can play on your own, making choices for both of them, or take turns with someone else, each taking charge of either Silvie or Ahmal. As you progress you meet dozens of people and every interaction impacts not only one life, but the life of the other people and the city they live in.
The result is an unusual game about humanity, friendships, and intertwined destinies manifesting during the everyday commute.
Game Details
Release Date: 30/09/2022
Platforms: Mac, PC and Switch
Expected Content Rating: PEGI 7
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1 (2 online)
Genres: Adventure, Communication, Narrative and Simulation
Accessibility: 31 features
Developer: Stelex Software (@StelexSoftware)
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Play Style
You can play this game in the following styles:
Age Ratings
Skill Rating
10+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game.
Account Rating
You don’t need a platform subscription to play this game online.
Costs
Accessibility
You can adjust the text size of subtitles and other text to be really large.
The game helps you remember who the different characters are via the Look option which causes the main character to remind and describe who the character is.
Being a narrative game it's not about difficulty, but there are some timed choices that can feel pressured. You can remove this option via a setting to make the game easier because there is more time to think about, for example, appropriate answers to "tricky" questions.
Diversity and Inclusion
Gender and Sexuality:
Gender and Sexuality Choices: The gender and sexuality choices you can make for your character orientation and presentation in the game.
- Unrestricted Sexuality Orientation: You can form intimate relationships with other characters regardless of gender.
Gender Representation: The gender representation of the pre-defined characters you can play in the game.
- Play as Stereotype-Free Woman: The game's protagonist is a woman who doesn't conform to common gender stereotypes. Leading the narrative and not conforming to common objectification.
- Play as Stereotype-Free Man: The game's protagonist is a man who doesn't conform to common gender stereotypes. Solving things by brute force, conforming to large muscle-bound body type.
- Play as Character without stated Gender:: The game’s protagonist’s gender is ambiguous and not stated.
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