Else Heart.Break() Is A Must Play Indie Game That Lets You Hack The Very Fabric Of Reality
Else Heart.Break() is set in a world where atoms have been replaced with bits, meaning people can hack into and alter reality itself. With a handheld computer called a Modifier you can pull up the code of just about anything and change its behaviour—to solve problems, bypass obstacles, cause mischief, or just make life easier for yourself. Tired? Don't bother going to bed. Buy a cup of coffee, dive into its code, tweak the variables, and increase the caffeine content by 200 percent. Now you're wide awake.
Developed by a small Swedish indie team led by Erik Svedäng and Niklas 'El Huervo' Åkerblad (of Hotline Miami OST fame), Else Heart.Break() is a singularly unique experience. As well as that clever hacking mechanic, it's also a life simulator, an open world sandbox, and a game that tells a relatable, down-to-earth story about love, friendship, and finding your place in the world. It originally launched back in 2015 and has developed a devoted cult following—but it deserves a much bigger audience.
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The game begins with an unassuming guy called Sebastian arriving in the city of Dorisburg to work as a salesman for Wellspring, a soda company. You arrive by ship with no friends, no connections, and nothing on you but a few dollars and the address of a nearby hotel. If you've ever left home and moved to a new city, you'll know that strange, exciting, but nerve-racking feeling of walking along unfamiliar streets surrounded by strangers. The game perfectly captures this feeling of isolation in a crowd.
There's no journal in Else Heart.Break() to track objectives or tasks. There isn't even a map, which makes the sprawling, intricate
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