Backlog 365: Day 54 - Deja Vu

For Backlog 365 I plan on playing one game on my backlog everyday this year and write about it. For each game I will decide if I want to put it on my "Shelved" list (games that I plan to come back to and play in depth) or put it on the "Retired" list (games that I will delete or sell and move on with my life).

• February 24
• PC
• Time Played: 26 minutes

If there is one thing that I have learned playing so many games in the last month, it’s that amnesia is a really overused trope in video games. This is not an earth shattering revelation, but it never really hit home until I was playing a different game every day. It’s hard to knock Déjà vu for this considering it was probably a novel idea when the game was made in 1985.

I think this game could be pretty fun, but I just don’t think I can work with the interface. This updated Déjà vu maintains the old apple interface, which would be cool if I had any nostalgia for the game. Instead I found it frustrating. Sometimes I find old adventure games charming and a fun challenge, (Like Tex Murphy) other times I just find them frustrating - like Deja Vu. I don't need any more frustration in my life.

Judgement: Retired