Pretty good, overall.

Little red lie prominently examines the lives of two characters from separate sides of the tracks. Sarah, a 38 year old who is wrestling with her lack of prospects, and Arthur, an arguable sociopath who makes his millions selling false hope to the downtrodden. The story is told almost entirely through their own eyes, maintaining a cohesive balance quite well between two unreliable narrators.

The general themes to expect are where the lines lie between hope and hopelessness, and between success and failure in the modern economy. Bouncing these concepts between the id, ego, and super-ego of our protagonists, the author keeps you on your toes while you analyse what's being presented to you as fact, lie, or a grey area between.

For the most part, this is pulled off as convincing introspection and projected observations of the world our characters come from. It's not perfect, though. There are moments where the disconnect and vagueness detracts from the whole. On more than one occasion I asked myself why a character expressed something that seemed out of place with their regular thought process. It never stopped the pace of the story though, so that I can easily forgive. However, what was more pace-breaking and detrimental to the overall tone were the two awkwardly placed moments where the player is addressed directly, and ham-handedly insulted. It seems backwards to shatter the fourth wall for a moment, especially when it's seemingly done for no reason other than to treat the reader like an inattentive child. They feel like they were shoe-horned in for some sort of shock value, where a moment of silence for the audience to digest the previous scene would have been far more appropriate.

I argue that these inconsistencies detract from the overall experience, but they definitely don't ruin it. I got a lot out of the game and I think the stories told are worth reading.

Around 4 hours of content but as the majority of that content is reading, your mileage may vary.

Pretty good, overall. Little red lie prominently examines the lives of two characters from separate sides of the tracks. Sarah, a 38 year old who is wrestling with her lack of prospects, and Arthur, an arguable sociopath who makes his millions selling false hope to the downtrodden. The story is told almost entirely through their own eyes, maintaining a cohesive balance quite well between two unreliable narrators. The general themes to expect are where the lines lie between hope and hopelessness, and between success and failure in the modern economy. Bouncing these concepts between the id, ego, and super-ego of our protagonists, the author keeps you on your toes while you analyse what's being presented to you as fact, lie, or a grey area between. For the most part, this is pulled off as convincing introspection and projected observations of the world our characters come from. It's not perfect, though. There are moments where the disconnect and vagueness detracts from the whole. On more than one occasion I asked myself why a character expressed something that seemed out of place with their regular thought process. It never stopped the pace of the story though, so that I can easily forgive. However, what was more pace-breaking and detrimental to the overall tone were the two awkwardly placed moments where the player is addressed directly, and ham-handedly insulted. It seems backwards to shatter the fourth wall for a moment, especially when it's seemingly done for no reason other than to treat the reader like an inattentive child. They feel like they were shoe-horned in for some sort of shock value, where a moment of silence for the audience to digest the previous scene would have been far more appropriate. I argue that these inconsistencies detract from the overall experience, but they definitely don't ruin it. I got a lot out of the game and I think the stories told are worth reading. Around 4 hours of content but as the majority of that content is reading, your mileage may vary.