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Cibele has some things going for it, such as a narrative structure based on interaction with the main character's computer. It's a fairly predictable story told in a new way. Some parts of it were intriguing, but overall it didn't really wow...
But even if Freeman's premiere commercial effort doesn't knock it out of the park, it sets the stage for future autobiographical games to come. Cibele is a clumsy game about a clumsy relationship. It's a noble effort that doesn't totally work, but then again, first times rarely do.
Cibele explores a place well trodden by literature, but often neglected in video games: the coming of age story about first love. A staple in English lit with titles like Alice Munro's How I Met My Husband and F. Scott Fitzgerald's Winter Dreams, few...
