Orwell&s;s Animal Farm

"Animal Farm remains an important story, and this retelling in game format feels incredibly timely and poignant. With lots of ways the game can play out depending on your choices, you can revisit Orwell&s;s themes as well as being able …"

"All animals are equal! Are you sick of Napoleon and Snowball’s ideological quibbles? Could do any better? Relive Orwell’s farmyard fable as you try to keep everyone fed, attempt to fend off human attacks and, most importantly, keep the spirit …"

"I love Orwell&s;s story and see good components in the game, but I think a few more months of work would have been needed to let this game really shine."

"A video game based on Animal Farm is a crazy idea on paper, but it mostly manages to stick the landing with its weighty political themes still intact."

"Orwell’s Animal Farm is a great retelling of a classic story. It’s almost a visual novel but the level of interactivity and choice elevates the game well above what it could’ve been with a little less ambition. It’s small scale …"

"At the very least, Orwell’s Animal Farm made me want to read the original book after a decade of resenting its inclusion in my high school curriculum. I can see what the game was trying to do, and I had …"

"The novella&s;s dated metaphors are ousted in the best moments of this interactive homage, but its alternative endings pull their punches"

"Orwell&s;s Animal Farm deserves a chance with its sweet graphics and successful voiceovers."

"Orwell&s;s Animal Farm is a bold attempt at turning a classic novel into a video game. While the actual gameplay isn&s;t anything special, it does manage to stay true to the message of the book."

"While Orwell&s;s Animal Farm stays true to its source material, its repetitive and unclear gameplay weakens a stylized portrayal of the book. It&s;s not the worst way to spend a couple hours thanks to replayability and excellent narration, but it&s;s …"

"Orwell&s;s Animal Farm is a pleasant mix of Visual Novel and management experience, with some lovely visuals, music and a very good narrator. The fact that it allows you to retell the story is interesting. But as it still offers …"

"Forever stuck in the programmed roles the game assigned them. When there is no way out, no real play, there is no message, no change. Animal Farm lives forever, dying and being born, always doomed to failure."

"After playing Orwell’s Animal Farm, I found myself gobbling up every analysis I could find on the original work and ultimately settling into bed with a copy of the book found online. From the subversion of politics through the subversion …"

"Choice-driven narrative game is not so absorbing as legendary book."

"The turmoil of a revolution gone wrong is conveyed through nothing more than a few mouse clicks and quick decisions. It&s;s flawed and frustrating, but there&s;s an undeniable elegance to the game."

"Orwell&s;s Animal Farm faithfully recreates and even reinvents the classic allegory at a time when it&s;s never been more relevant for some players."

"Orwell&s;s Animal Farm relays the content of the book well, but stops short of drawing from any new depths, as choices are limited and the plot takes second place to a dry management sim."

"A solid interactive narrative based on the classic novella, Orwell&s;s Animal Farm lacks a lot of gameplay, but makes up for it with its use of the prose."

"I really think of all the ways to adapt Animal Farm, this is definitely one of the best ways. Actually making the decisions and watching corrupt leadership undermine them, or being the one to justify sacrificing the “lesser” people for …"

"The game adaptation of Orwell’s Animal Farm tells a disjointed story, without the kind of buildup and nuance that makes it a classic novel. As a game, it lacks the kind of options and menus necessary to make you feel …"

"With not a whole lot of options at the beginning of the game to choose which animal gets what role in the farm, or even a little more explanation why come choices go the way they do, it was still …"