Supposedly Wonderful Future

Supposedly Wonderful Future packs a heck of a punch story wise. It has various different moral dillemas you must take part in and choose between different ways to solve them. There are no right or wrong choices, no way to fail the task, just a lot of grey area in which to see what you think about certain issues. The basic story is that you are given the chance to time travel to the future to take part in five experiments, upon the completion of which you can choose to stay there or go back to your time. The future world is very well thought out. You get to access news articles about a multitude of current events for 2048. They were my favorite part actually. The articles give you a good idea how things have changed over the last thirty years and are an interesting read. The responses you get to pick from range from polite, rude, angry, etc. You never are forced to agree with the people you speak with. While I won’t spoil the ending I will say I guessed it in the first hour of the game. I still enjoyed the rest of the journey though. I do wish you got to see more of an ending as what we are given is rather abrupt.
The graphics are not going to wow anyone but then again this is really a visual novel and when looked at that way it is above most visual novels for graphical fidelity. There is no voice acting but I don’t see that as a downside as I would rather no voice acting than poor voice acting. The soundtrack was decent, not wowing but not annoying either. The gameplay is part what you would expect of a visual novel in picking conversation chocies to advance the story but there are some light point and click elements as well. I would still classify it as a visual novel.
I played the game on Linux. It didn’t crash on me even once. The game ran at 144fps the whole time. The game supported manual saves and gives you 100 save slots to use which is more than enough. I did have two issues in that Steam achievements didn’t work for me and Alt-Tab didn’t work. I beat the game in just over 4 hours. I paid $2.87 CAD for the game but would say it is easily worth $20. The game uses the Unity engine and had an install size of 1218MB.
If you enjoy visual novels or scifi stories I would easily recommend it. It has a fantastic story that makes you think and is a good example of what the genre can produce.
My Score: 9/10
My System:
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | MSI RX 580 8GB Gaming X | Mesa 18.3.3 | Manjaro Mate | Kernel 4.20.11-1-MANJARO

I really enjoyed this game. Think of it as a text-based choice driven game with scenery. To me, it's almost a stretch to call this sci-fi. I tend to think of that genre as way into the future with the flying cars, etc. This is only going 30 years ahead and could be much closer to our soon to be reality rather than fiction. I follow tech news and what the gazillionaires and their corporations are researching and developing, so most of the concepts and trends to where society is going is not fabricated. Except the time travel ... haven't heard about that yet! :) The game is more extrapolating on how our society may operate and what it may look like in the near future and what that means for us. I found it thought provoking and I found myself getting into conversations with friends about these issues. The writing was very good and presented different points of view, but wasn't preachy. In fact, it was clever and quite funny at times.
To get the most out of this game, you need to do all the reading. So if you like text-based adventures, making choices, and tech, I think you will like this experience. And yes, I would rather have a jet pack than a bigger screen! :-)

I just finished the game, and I will probably be thinking about it for days to come. Overall good game, I would recommend it if you like text-based games and a plot that leaves you pondering about the present.
The visuals are nothing impressive, but they get the job done. The sound effects are put in all the right places to give you enough engagement to the story.
Some really intense philosophical points are brought up in this game, and I like that the creators present various perspectives. For example, Jackie (character who leads you throughout the game) believes in her future through and through, and many characters you meet suffer in the conditions created by this future.
The gameplay felt slow at times, where I thought there were too many hoops to jump through before getting through the plot, but I think the ending really ties it up together. I wish the last chapter was longer, with more dialogue, but the impact was still felt.

This game has the most text reading, by far, of all the 500 games I have played. It seems well done for a visual novel. It is made for adults and deals with moral issues/decisions.

While Supposedly Wonderful Future isn't much of a looker, it more than makes up for it with its stellar writing and the atmosphere and scenarios it creates with that.
It doesn't shy away from referencing other media, like Silent Hill or Steins;Gate. Makes sense, given that it approaches similar themes and sentiments. SWF digs much deeper into aspects all about the human condition though. It might even change the way you think about your life, the world, and others.
So if you like stuff that potentially sticks with you long after finishing it and are fine with some heavy reading, this is a very easy recommendation.

I have played a lot of games, and read a lot of novels and short stories. The writing in Supposedly Wonderful Future is some of the best that I have encountered in a game, on par with many of the published stories that I have read.
The premise of the story is that you travel into a future where humans have achieved medical immortality (not a spoiler, since it is revealed very early in the game). You then spend the rest of the game playing through five vignettes that deal with the various issues, both moral and philosophical, that have arisen from this medical breakthrough. In most of the scenarios you investigate a mystery by talking to people and examining their surroundings. There is a lot to read, both in the dialogues and in documents that you find scattered around the environment, but all of it is interesting and well thought out. I played the game through to the end in one sitting because I was drawn into the story, and anxious to find out what would happen next.
I would recommend this to anyone who values good storytelling in games, and especially to anyone who likes a story with a sci-fi twist. Total play time is 4-6 hours depending on how long it takes you to read everything. The achievements are fair and easy to complete 100% in a single play through.

It's a fun and immersive game. I think it's worth the full asking price. Lots of philosophy and pop culture references with a solid story and good game assets.
PROS
It is a really deep game.
It's fun and engaging with mini-stories.
It's very emotional.
Good art and great music
CONS
It gets a little long-winded at some parts but that's how you get your money's worth and attached to the story.
The episodes can feel too short.