This post discusses suicide and Toma from Amnesia: Memories.
Don’t Take This Risk is a short visual novel developed by Poison Apple Tales. You play as a young woman who picks up the phone in the middle of the night and hears a hesitant man with a french accent ask you if this is the suicide hotline. Right from the start, the game fills you with tension and does not let up. You don’t want Unknown (who will be referred to as Blanket Guy in this review) to kill himself, right? But what are you willing to sacrifice to make sure that doesn’t happen? And make sure you answer quickly, many answers are timed.
You may pick from two actors who voice Blanket Guy (I personally like Cool and Alluring, but Fun and Charming has some better delivery). There are nine endings in total and they are all terrible, save one which is a tad less terrible but still creepy. Based on this description, you may think I hate the game, but that is far from the truth.
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While I have been less than impressed with some Original English Language Visual Novels (OELVNs), who sometimes miss the mark on developing an intriguing plot, Don’t Take This Risk pushes all boundaries and sheds light on an important subject without being preachy or heavy handed.
Spoilers ahead:
If you want to save Blanket Guy, you must tell him that you love him. This prompts him to invite you to his house, and if you want access to the majority of the endings, you must accept. This is where things get real. You are in the danger zone now.
Once you are at his house you have several options. Many are not pretty, and the one not so bad ending where you keep him alive but establish some sorts of boundarires is hard to get and took a walkthrough for me to find. It is also easy to end up with blood on your hands if you try to get this ending, if you know what I mean…
If you keep up the charade of loving Blanket Guy, you are trapped in an relationship with him and in house for rest of the night. But if you insist he call the real hotline, he will threaten to kill himself in front of you. Now different things could branch from there…but you are in deep now. Death is on the table.
A friend and I played the game together and while I was very sympathetic to Blanket Guy, she had another take. She thought he was selfish in how behaves towards you, especially once you get to his house and say you want to leave or suggest he calls the hotline and you’ll stay in the room with him. While Blanket Guy is a deeply hurt person, he is also not in a rational state of mind. My friend compared him to Toma of Amnesia in the level of delusion he had (note that we both like Toma). But that is a good comparison to make. Blanket Guy, in some ways, wants to live which is the right thing, but his methods of keeping himself alive (you entering a relationship with him) are inappropriate to say the least. This doesn’t make him a bad person, but it creates more questions than answers as to why he would do that, just as we had thought with Toma.
I don’t want to spoil too much more because Don’t Take This Risk is meant to be experienced. I’ve seen all the endings several times and the game still gives me chills. The game hits home for those who ever had a loved one threaten suicide or considered calling a hotline themselves and takes a chance encounter into a literally heart-pounding situation (literally because when there’s a tense option, you will hear a heart beat).
The developer, Poision Apple Tales, is also working on a dating sim called Beauty and The War: X Playing Pieces, where Blanker Guy will be one of the datable characters. So don’t delay, and download Don’t Take This Risk today, it’s free so why not?
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I'm not able to download the game. My computer keeps saying that the file is a virus and automatically removing it and when I tried to get it back, my computer went crazy and I deleted it so quickly off my system.. but I saw so many YouTubers play this game and they have no virus so I'm very confused. Help? I really want to play this game.
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Hello, KayBear166! I can assure you that the file isn't a virus, so let me see if we can't fix this problem. What's the name of your virus blocker? And are you able to go into the settings of it? If you could add the game to some kind of list of exclusions, it should work.
My virus blocker is call Norton Security Suite. And I could try and add it, but It might take me a while to do so because I've never done something like that before.
Ah, I've had that one before. I did a quick search online and found this:
'From the main page of NSS, select Settings > Antivirus > Scan & Risks tab and then under Items to Exclude from Auto-protect and Sonar Detection, click on the Configure(+) , then click on ADD and on the Add Item screen, click on the Folder and browse to the folder you desire to exclude, highlight it, Apply and OK out.'
Please do let me know if that helps!
I've been trying to download this game cause it seems cool but it won't download. Please help!!
Hello, Anurupa24! Let me see what I can do. Hmm...does the download link on GameJolt work for you?
I can't download it there either :( it downloads 97% or something then suddenly stops. I use windows 7. I'd be grateful if you can fix this :
All right, I tried reuploading the game. Could you please try the download link again and let me know if it works for you?
(So I'm not actually supposed to have time for playing games, but when I saw this... I just couldn't resist!)
I liked it! It was really enjoyable. At first, I kept getting endings 1, 2, and 5, so I ended up using the walkthrough, hehe. I got all the endings! So good.
'Cool and alluring's voice is so sexy, mmhmmm... hahaha.
And of course, the story was awesome. Gotta admit I was a little bit left hanging at the end tho. WHY WAS IT SO SHORT?! Hahaha.
Anyway, great job, as always!
Hi, Ran!
Aww, I'm so glad to hear you liked it. I would've loved to have made it longer, but it was for a game jam and the clock was ticking. Though, this is certainly a game I may want to revisit and expand on in the future...
Speaking of cool and alluring, I actually put up an interview with him recently. ;)
Thanks for making time to play this and letting me know what you think!
This game blew my mind. It felt very real; the voice actors really made the scenario believable! I'm sorry I couldn't pronounce the French texts though! Thank you for making this dark, but very important game! <3
Hello, Moface! I loved watching that video. It's such an honor to have been chosen for a let's play! I appreciate you taking the time to make it and comment with your thoughts. (And the voice actors definitely deserve every bit of praise you have for 'em.)
If you liked this game, I hope you'll look forward to our other ones! :)
OMG! Markiplier played your game! :D Congratulations! You all definitely deserved it:
Whoa, this was definitely unexpected! Thank you so much for letting us know, Moface, and we really appreciate the kind words. :)
Finally managed to save him after two tries. The timer really does a great job of tugging my feels in different directions. I'm glad I played this. XD I don't suppose the audio at the end of Ending 2 with the Cool & Alluring voice is ever going to be shared? (For those who didn't get to hear it, I highly suggest it! Delightfully creepy.)
Hi, MoonlitWind! I'm delighted to hear you enjoyed it - and that you managed to hear the special credit song in Ending 2. As for sharing it...hmm...well, if we can get our game in at least the top 10 of GameJolt's voting here, we'll definitely consider doing that. I'll even toss in a small animation of Don't Take This Risk's main guy. :)
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I really do like where this is going, great voice acting (I still get a little sad when I hear 'Fun & Charming' on ending 1) and the minimalist visuals really suits this well! It's too bad I can't seem to get any endings other than #1
Hello, severaleggs! Glad to hear you enjoyed it, as well as the voice acting. (The actors really delivered there!) If you're trying to get the other endings, here's the walkthrough for it.Let me know if it helps!
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