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In Game, there's a scene where a restless, investigative protagonist falls down the proverbial rabbit hole and discovers a startling truth that changes everything they thought they knew. Immortality's allure, like that of other Sam Barlow and Half Mermaid games, is that it casts the player in this exciting role and builds to its ultimate reveal. It's borderline impenetrable at times, as both the basic A to B plot and the larger themes are far more enigmatic than the team's previous puzzles. Nonetheless, it is not significantly worse off as a result. Immortality becomes another standout narrative, despite—and sometimes because of—the dizzying effect of falling down the rabbit hole. In some ways, it's similar to its predecessors, Telling Lies and Her Story, but it's more mature.
Starting to play Immortality is similar to operating an old-fashioned Moviola machine, which was once used by film editors but has now been repurposed to allow you to sift through hours and hours of vintage live-action movies in an attempt to solve a mystery: What became of Marissa Marcel? Marissa, a fictional 17-year-old actress making her film debut in late 1960s Hollywood, was tipped to be the Next Big Thing, but over the next 31 years, she would only be cast in three films, none of which were ever released.
It's up to you to figure out why things are the way they are, and with this Moviola machine, you can rewind, fast-forward, pause, and zoom in on any detail in any given scene. This will result in a similar
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