Lifeline

It was ok. I didn't hate it but I also find these Twine-style stories with so many failstates seemingly arbitrary and impossible to complete without either a guide or so many playthroughs that I'm sick of it by the time I do get to the end. I know it's difficult in a mobile space but I wish this was more sandbox-y and less railroaded. Something like Planetfall by Infocom. I finished it, but I liked the concept more than the execution. I don't think I'll check out the sequels tbh.

I enjoyed this interactive, real time story. Being forced to wait for messages, as you guide the protagonist, was the right call (albeit fast play and rewind options become available after the first play through). Note it's quite short, you don't have a huge amount of genuine options/alternatives and it's actually quite hard to kill the person you're guiding. Bear this in mind and the limited replayability it means and you won't be disappointed - it's a bit different and good, cheap fun.

Great game and the pacing is perfect. Almost completely accessible to blind players. I played this along with a blind friend and had a great time. Only criticism is at the very end there is text said by other people and the speaker is shown by the text colour, thus not accessible to blind players. I had to explain to my friend that there were now multiple speakers because they were very confused. If you could change it to say the speakers name when it's not Taylor, that would be good.

Overall, fairly enjoyable. A good branching plot with some fun choices. The protag can be a little whiny at times, but in the end I think that only adds to his whole character and the development of the story. Tip: the earlier you fail at the mission the sooner you can enable fast mode which will let you play the story at will. TBH, I felt that turning on fast mode kind of took the fun out of the delayed message system so steer clear of that if you want the intended experience.

Pros: great art, the story is actually pretty good at first. The app runs smoothly and you get to make decisions to help another character. Multiple endings. Cons: after a while, the main character you help becomes mean and insults themselves a lot, which made me not want to spend time with them. The choices end up mostly panic or misery, so it's not good for depressed people.

Even though the concept of a sci-fi story unfolding in real-time is intriguing, the plot absolutely crawls for the first 3 days. Taylor goes back and forth on so many decisions, and questions his/her perceptions constantly (and guess who has to reassure them, constantly!). I gave up before their second attempt at going to the spire. Maybe the story picks up from there, but I've lost interest.

it was ok. decent for the price. however the story is too short and after playing through it again, the choices don't have a significant effect on the end. in fact most choices aren't even really choices because the character has a mind of its own. suspense is built by making you wait extended periods of time. so mostly hardly any replayability. i guess the devs didn't want to put much effort in... (please buy for the story and support the devs because the story is actually pretty good)

89 pence well spent! Original storyline, moody music, snappy dialogue and it makes you pause between gameplay which just heightens your sense of time within the game. Died once as a result of my decisions but managed to get to the end without too many mishaps. Might go back and try different decisions on 'fast' mode. Will probably get the sequel too.

It was different. It's like a CYOA but you're not in the lead of the story you're just kind of giving suggestions to an NPC. I don't recommend this for anyone with short attention spans because it's a text/dialogue heavy game. I'm looking at everyone who gave this game 1 star. 🙄 It's a short story. Frankly I don't understand the criticism against it being a short game when you're paying so cheaply for this. People have spent 60+ USD on console games just to complain for an hour on YouTube.

An amazing game with an extraordinary story. I've played it over 4 times and I love everything about it. There is a whole series ahead that I've also played (Lifeline 2, Silent Night, Halfway to Infinity, Flatline, and Crisis Line). The series is great, and I hope the developers make more.

Such an underrated classic. The game forces you to wait which I appreciate bc I can stay glued to a game for hours. So I can do anything while waiting for it to start again. The story is amazing, and can be very stressful and anxiety inducing

Absolute favorite game. I have all three; I wish they'd hurry up and release a fourth. These are fantastic, especally if you enjoy choce-based games. No matter how many times I play it, I always get emotionally attached and get so scared for Taylor through every step of their journey. 10/10 have played multiple times and will play again.

I really like this game. If you're looking an adventure/story type game this is for you. The fact that you have to wait for Taylor to do wake up, or finish a task really helps with the immersion. I've already played it multiple times and have had it less than a week!

I like the real-time concept, but I don't think I've ever encountered a playable character that I wanted to kill more! He's rude, ungrateful, sarcastic and generally obnoxious, plus apparently can't think for himself. The developers overthought the writing - they tried too hard on the personality, and made it dislikeable. They should have stuck to straight, interactive storytelling, adventure book style. What, where, problem, solution. I don't want 8 messages in a row, mostly useless filler.

excellent story so far, my only complaint is that on my device, the text sometimes goes past the bottom of a text block, so i can't read the last few lines of what is being said. this definitely detracts from the story allot... if it weren't for that, this would be a solid 5 star story

Great game great story gets wierd at time but still very cool if you like sci fi, takes about 3-4 days to finish if you have a busy schedule. I like that you can play it for very short burst of time and your still in control of how much time you want to spend playing the game unlike most titles, definitely recommend

An enjoyable adventure, for sure. I fel lt the urgency of thr character's predicament and was taken in by the story. I've only played through once, but I'm hoping there are some alternate paths I can take with Taylor to really flesh out the story and setting. Good work!!

This is a nice little story! It gave me pleasant flashbacks to the old Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books that I loved years ago. (What's more, I've been playing it in German for language-learning purposes. Conversational and new scifi vocabulary! It's great!)

Fun idea for a choose your adventure type game, but the execution is lacking. The game paths turned out the same even when I made different choices through the game play. Also does not notify me through Wear OS (though probably not the fault of the game).

Simply Amazing! I've played this game several times just to see the different endings. Sound creates a great atmosphere, choices seem important, and the writing is great! I love this game and the whole series!

What an interesting and unique game experience! I love that the game progresses in real time. (The character might go to sleep and message again 6 hours later.) It's keeping me engaged and feeling like I'm really communicating with someone out there.