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"The Company of Myself" is a truly remarkable puzzle game. Each puzzle is as brilliant as the last. Really great game! Wish there were more puzzles to solve, but glad it ended when it did. Great music and gameplay, great puzzles and story.. play it, love it, enjoy it while it lasts!
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Is anyone else having the problem where the game does not load past the "I'm somewhat impatient..." screen? I had to go to a different site to play it.
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@Warslaughter: you obviously didn't get the point of the game.
and, ohh, I hope that you are enjoying this attention you got :)
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Really really wonderful. I lvoe the music and it fits in really well with the storyline. The puzzles could be harder but overall really enjoyable although some players may not like the depressive storyline. 5/5 for me. :]
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Ah, in his *mind* he's a hermit living alone... in the "real world" he's in a mental hospital due to his breakdown. He's talking to the psychiatrist, though he probably thinks he's just talking to himself.
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Also, maybe I'm just being a dick, but why is he in a hospital in the first place? He's a hermit living alone away from other people. If anything, he (it?) should be going crazy having a mental breakdown. And if he's talking, why is he talking to someone and not himself? Buhhhh. Anyway, dramatic story, even if it's a little overly similar to the Braid's. I guess everyone's gotta pay the rent though, yeah?
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I'm embarrassed that this was the highest rated game on the site. This game isn't fun. Period. I understand the sad commentary. I really do. The self-awareness is cute. But I play games to have fun. If the point is that the cloning system made me clone myself 100 times through shitty levels, then you might have made a point, but you've done so by getting me to trudge through a repetitive game. This is a game that seems to WANT to be shitty. That being said, the dev should be proud of my 1/5 rating.
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Fun story, I always enjoys how games like this feel so much like a mirror. . . little bunny, little bunny. . . maybe I shouldn't have ended therapy? but, most likely I won't change without a lifestyle change, f* that. aside from the plot, highly enjoyable game
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Pathetically sadistically ironically sad and in some people's world, true. The music makes me want to go to sleep and the end scroll is too slow.
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an unnecessary epilogue, it detracts from the ambiguity and moral balance which has been maintained thoughout the narrative thusfar. The concept is by no means original, nearly directly reproduced from Jonathan Blow's "Braid". However, that said, it is a fine example of a game, and without the epilogue, would be a 5/5, at the present state, I give it a 3/5
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I love psychology, so 5 starts from me. I would love to see Jack's escape from his interesting perspective in a sequel.
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Alright, I've calmed down a little. I will say that I like the way it's first person, with his little musings telling you what to do. Makes it feel like you're not being talked at and ordered around which is good. I hate the ending. Not because "omg it's sooo sad" but because I feel it ruins the whole mood. I don't think the psychiatrist-what's-his-face should have been introduced, because it trivialises Jack, and just kind of jars with me by ruining the atmosphere. And, I don't want to spoil the ending, but I find it tries too hard to be dark, gothic, creepy... it's a cliche and one that was not delivered very well. I'm sorry... a great idea, and one that did prove entertaining. I don't know why, but I can't seem to get into it. It's like when you're reading a book and you're constantly reminded of the author's presence, which prevents you from being absorbed in the book... if that makes sense. I don't know why.