3.5 points.
Overall feeling: futuristic, the futuristic sense brought by the film's reflexivity towards interactive narrative, rather than the interactive narrative form itself, which has yet to be explored.
advantage:
1. The subject is profound, with sociological and philosophical significance, reflecting on human self-will.
2. The plot complexity is acceptable. Although the story is still much thinner than the same 90-minute sci-fi movie, it has a gratifying richness compared with similar interactive dramas and movies.
3. In terms of interaction, multiple minor options and five major options are designed. The minor option has no effect on the story line, or it can return to the main line after entering the subplot after a circle; the major option leads to the key ending. Resulting in a game score of 0, forced to re-selection. The closer the story is to the ending, the more options there are, and it is very likely to fall into an infinite loop. There is no way to return to the story line by yourself. You can only get the correct answer by trying again and again. At this time, the audience's mind may not be clear. In general, although there are many interaction points, the sense of interaction obtained by the audience is not strong. The design of "forced re-election" and "dead end" makes it clear that the designer is controlling the plot rather than himself.
4. The clever thing is that any choice brings a butterfly effect, and there is a sense of parallel time and space in the details.
shortcoming:
1. The theme is not deeply excavated, and the integration with the plot is not high.
2. The plot structure is umbrella-like, and too many dead ends create a sense of chaos.
The audience's viewing behavior itself is incorporated into the metaphor that the film wants to express. It seems that the audience is making a choice for the protagonist. In fact, the story line is still firmly in the hands of the creator. The "self-will" of the audience is the same as that of the protagonist. an illusion. This kind of design is a double-edged sword, serving the theme expression, but it exposes the film's incomplete exploration of interactive narratives. It is only another attempt to "break the fourth wall" and is lost.
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