This game recreates the feel of a dinner invitation you unwillingly accept only to find yourself amidst serious marital quarrels and ugliness that a stale relationship gives birth to at times. Nobody wants you to be a marriage councellor, but you have to simply turn into one for the sake of your own mental well-being. Fake it through uncomfortable theatrics and jabs at topics like parents, money, careers, personal traits etc and steer the couple towards a reconcilliation of some kind. Or pick a road more frequently travelled nowadays and ruin the dinner even further with insults and bad words, budding in and neglecting your guests' feelings, all leading to Trip and Grace seeing you out and continuing their quarrel behind closed doors. Either way, you clearly see the effect of your comportment.
This game is a beacon of light for all the wannabe interactive dramas that put too much emphasis on graphics and too little emphasis on the story and the way it unfolds. And yes, the visual side reminds me of "Waking Life" and "Scanner Darkly"
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