About This Game Based on real events and eyewitness testimonies.In this authentic, historically accurate, stunningly engaging experience -- you must decide who to trust and what you stand for -- as the world is set ablaze around you.**Winner of Grand Jury Prize at IndieCade ‘16, Official Selection of The PAX 10, Game of the Year Finalist by TIGA, BEST OF E3 Nominee by IGN, People’s Choice Finalist by FoST, Medal Winner at Serious Play Awards.**Key FeaturesCRITICAL CHOICES - The choices you make will shape your experience in the Revolution, and the fates of those around you -- both in the present and the future.CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE - Branching cinematic story told through motion captured animation and voice over performances. Discover the rarely seen world of Tehran in the 1970’s, through a striking visual style. EXPLORATION - Explore the world of the collapsing city under martial law: covert headquarters, rioting protests, bustling city streets and more.PHOTOGRAPHY - Take photos of the period accurate in-game world and compare them to the original archival photos captured by celebrated photojournalists.UNIQUE GAMEPLAY - Including urban triage, interactive action scenes and photo processing. KEY COLLECTABLES - Discover and unlock more than 80+ unique stories that color and enhance your experience of the Iranian Revolution: including primary sources like archival videos, home movies, graffiti, photographs and more.BASED ON TRUE EVENTS - Based on real first hand testimonies of freedom fighters, witnesses and casualties of the revolution which helped define the 21st Century, as well as those who were imprisoned in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison.Featuring Performances ByNavid Negahban (Homeland, American Sniper)Farshad Farahat (House of Cards, Argo, 300: Rise of an Empire, State of Affairs)Omid Abtahi (Damien, Hunger Games, Better Call Saul, Argo)Bobby Naderi (Fear the Walking Dead, Under The Shadow)Mozhan Marno (The Blacklist, House of Cards, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night)Nicholas Guilak (Of Gods and Kings, 24)Ray Haratian (Argo, Under The Shadow)Mary Apick (Homeland, Beneath The Veil)Fariborz David Diaan (The Brink, Stoning of Soraya, Weeds) 1075eedd30 Title: 1979 Revolution: Black FridayGenre: Adventure, IndieDeveloper:iNK Stories, N-Fusion InteractivePublisher:iNK StoriesRelease Date: 4 Apr, 2016 1979 Revolution: Black Friday Download] [addons] Telltale-style game about Black Friday[en.wikipedia.org]. It consist of 19 short chapters and it won't take long to play thru them all, but it's always interesting and you keep learning new stuff (at least I did, who had very little knowledge about the Iranian Revolution). While there are fictional stuff in there (must be since you had choices to do things differently), it was like playing a documentary rather than watching one, which I think was rather cool and I wouldn't mind playing more games like this that are about real events.Valiant Hearts: The Great War (World War I) and Never Alone (Alaska Native culture) are two other games I learned some stuff from, which I also recommend.. I've always been wary of games that try to tackle historical events, because they rarely seem to get their subject matter right. There's something disrespectful about historical games like the early Call of Duty titles, which placed players into real wars that real people fought and died in, exploiting those experiences by transforming them into mindless entertainment for the masses. Tackling this kind of heavy subject matter requires a degree of nuance that bleak loadscreen quotations or pressing F to pay respects don't even begin to provide.1979 Revolution: Black Friday doesn't share those problems. Created by Rockstar Games veteran and Iranian national Navid Khonsari, whose family escaped the turmoil the title aims to portray, the game tells the story of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, which lead to the deposition of the Shah of Iran and the end of the Pahlavi dynasty. The influence of this period in Iranian history cannot be understated, yet knowledge of this point in history remains woefully elusive to the American public consciousness.It's fitting, then, that the game starts out with so much exposition. This isn't a Call of Duty title looking to capitalize on history as a mere backdrop to action-heavy gameplay. The Telltale-esque title places players into a series of unfolding events as an Iranian photojournalist recently returned home from Germany. Early in the story, players will take a walk through a protest-crowded street, snapping pictures and listening to their companion expound on the issues facing Iran leading up to the 1979 revolution. Westernization, income inequality, government censorship - the developers are clearly aware of their audience's unfamiliarity with the setting and do a fantastic job of the setting the stage for the players.It all comes naturally; your character, after all, has been out of the country for awhile, so it stands to reason that he might need to be caught up on current events. After snapping a photo, players are presented with a quick blurb of information and given the option to learn more, leading them to small snippets of Iran's history in the game's journal.Fortunately, unlike many titles tackling heavy subject matter, 1979 Revolution is at least somewhat able to stand on its own as an entertaining game. It's informative without being preachy, and engages players with choice and consequence and quick-time event systems Telltale Games or Life is Strange veterans will find immediately familiar.1979 Revolution is best described as a political thriller, and it isn't long until your jaunt down exposition lane is interrupted by the proverbial♥♥♥♥♥♥hitting the fan. It's a character driven story, showing Iranian nationals with a variety of different political and religious views reacting as their country is turned upside down. The voice acting is crucially well executed, thanks to a cadre of veteran film actors. Almost everyone involved with the project has a prior work that I've seen or am at least familiar with; I recognized the voice of Mozhan Marnò from The Blacklist, House of Cards, and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night immediately.The game is an indie title though, and you can tell that the funds for its actors may have been diverted from other areas of its limited budget. The art assets in particular leave a bit to be desired; it will quickly become apparent that character models and animations are being reused for the game's extras. In a game like this though, pursuing flawless writing and voice acting for its characters ultimately should trump almost everything else.1979 Revolution does end a bit abruptly. It's not as bad as say, The Banner Saga, but I was expecting the narrative to go on for an additional chapter, or maybe for it to show a bit more of the revolution's aftermath. It's not a bad ending per se, but it does sort of build and build and then just end in the middle of its own climax.Overall, the game succeeds in bringing a historically accurate, better understanding of the titular revolution to those who play it. It's not a deep look and it doesn't get too bogged down in historical details, instead focusing broadly on the people of Iran as they lived through this formative moment in their nation's history. 1979 Revolution is worth checking out on that basis alone if you're interested in experiencing a sample of pre-revolution Iran and how it evolved to become the nation we have today.If you're not interested in that, I'd find the the title harder to recommend. This is a game of ideas, and it follows that the title is inextricably linked to the message it wants its players to receive. Standing on its own, its narrative isn't as satisfying as a Telltale Game and its gameplay doesn't touch Life is Strange, but if you're generally interested in experiencing a bit of history, that can make the title shine.1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a short game at just over two hours of total playtime, and is available on Steam for a full price of $12. I'll leave the value judgment up to you.. The people who know the history of 1979 revolution would enjoy this game the most becaues if you don't know the history the game fails to provide necessary gaps in background story to the player. The game has been successful in recreating the atmosphere of those times. It pictures different groups (Islamists, Liberals, communists, etc) shortly but fails to get deep into the fabric of revolution especially it causes. The game ends in the middle of the story and I think there will be episodes if the game become successful financially.I specially liked two things in the game:1 - taking photos and comparing with real footages 2 - Being able to choose through various answeres although the story line does not seem to change based on them.I would like to see more mecahnics in the next episodes of the game and not just things like hitting wasd button at a specific moments which get boring soon. I would like to be able to exlore more sections of the city (Tehran in that era).Another draback is that the game is not polished well. I liked voice acting, music and the romantic atmosphere of the game (mottos, peoms, etc in the game were symbolic and ramantic and I really enjoyed them). However I would like to higher graphic quality for the PC version at least.The game has been very in staying neutral through the story but the players can actually choose a side by taking differenct course of actions.I would buy the next episodes.. It's really short, but very well done. The game is well written and the characters feel real and the voice acting is excellent. The gameplay consists of walking around using WASD and taking pictures with your camera and interacting with objects and people. QTEs are also thrown in there for the relatively action oriented sections.Because of the length, sometimes the story might feel a little rushed and it seems like the characters could have used a little more development.As pointed out by other reviewers, the choices presented to you do not really matter THAT much. Some things might play out differently, albeit leading to the same conclusion.Overall, it's a decent game, however it's really short. Can be finished within 2 hours. Considering this, it truly deserves a sequel, or at least another episode.. This game has a great story, and if you are interested you can learn alot about the revolution.the game is pretty short, it took me about 2 hours to beat the game, although i'm pretty sure there are multiple endings and it has some replay value.If you are interested of the revolution then i recommend you buy this, but not at the full price!. This game was a unique experience and delivered on the premise that I would learn some new perspectives on the revolution. As someone who had seen a few documentaries and read the Mark Bowden book on the subject, it was amazing to me that those other materials covered almost none of what is covered in the game, as they were focused on the hostage crisis.All of this information comes with a set of decent, believable characters, and the whole thing is presented quite well. I did end up having some investment in the story. There is a lot of media in terms of video and phiotos that greatly add to the overall experience.Having said that, the game has a lot of flaws as well. The gameplay itself is amateurish and suffers from a lack of QA. I had to restart a chapter twice because the scripted NPC was blocking any possible movement. It is very short. Most of the time you can sit and relax in the game, then suddenly there is a mouseclick challenge.This may have been done as a dramatic device, but that doesn't really work here and it is more of a chore. It also ends very abruptly in an odd place to stop. If this was a zombie, sci fi or other fiction based game, it would be a terrible failure.If you treat this game as an interactive learning experience, want to expand your horizons, or just want an engaging story, this is for you. Despite the flaws, I would highly recommend this.. Very short(I finished it in 2 hours) but well worth the purchase as it was very well done, although the ending was rather abrupt and unexpected and didn't tie up any loose ends. I learnt quite a lot about the circumstances surrounding the Iranian revolution and the background behind the present day situation. It maintained a fairly objective stance about the revolution, even though it was told from the point of view of the revolutionaries. I also learnt quite a bit about Iranian culture and traditions. Very similar to Telltale games in structure and style, and also less buggy. I hope I see some more similar historical games from these devs as it was very enjoyable.. Intense and really interesting adventure about the Iranian revolution.The presentation is unique and I really like the semi realistic art style of the game. The UI also has its own look and it adds to the game's atmosphere. The voice acting is excellent and together with the sound effects and some music creates the vivid feel that the game has.The game tells the events of the Iranian revolution by putting you in the role of a person that has ties to both sides and while your role is pretty fixed, you have to make some important decisions along the way. Historical info is presented in an interesting way mainly by taking pictures or interacting with the environment.The story gets under your skin and even if the game is packed with information, it's the events that are the most important. The few quick time events are very well integrated into the story and make the game even more immersive.I really enjoyed the experience and I highly recommend playing the game if you are interested in recent history or just a well told story.. Pleasantly surprised by this game. Basically a 'Telltale' style game, in every way. If you know those games you'll be familiar with this. Where it differs is in telling a true story, of the revolution in Iran and events leading to it, from many perpectives. Like all revolutions it is messy. There are many sides with different agendas. Though all united by wanting a better life than one they have under the brutal Shah. The game mechanics are simple, the story is well told. The game is also a cultural and historical document, filled with information for those wanting to dig deeper, which I urge you to do. These are stories most in the US and Europe will never hear, so put aside a couple of hours to make the most of this unique gaming experience. I can't think of many like it.
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