Late Shift

Late Shift
Developer(s) CtrlMovie Ltd
Publisher(s) CtrlMovie Ltd and Wales Interactive
Director(s) Tobias Weber
Producer(s) Baptiste Planche and Kurban Kassam
Writer(s) Michael R. Johnson
Composer(s) Cyril Boehler
Engine CtrlMovie
Platform(s)
Release March 2016
Genre(s) Adventure, Interactive movie
Mode(s) Single-player

Late Shift is an interactive film and adventure video game written and directed by Tobias Weber. The participative film technology behind the title was developed by CtrlMovie Ltd. The title was screened at many international film festivals, including The New York Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, and the Festival du nouveau cinéma.

The film was released in movie theatres in England, Switzerland, Russia, Germany, Belgium, and Czech Republic. Digitally it was published by CtrlMovie and British game developer WalesInteractive. It was released on the Nintendo Switch in April 2018.[1]

Gameplay

Late Shift is presented as a movie with live-action cutscenes. During the movie, the player is able to make choices; but the game doesn't pause during the choices, so they must be made in real-time. There are no puzzles in the game; all user interaction is done via choices to influence the events of the game and lead to different endings.

Story

The playable character and main protagonist is Matt, a college student who works as a parking lot attendant. One night, Matt finds himself embroiled in London's criminal underworld when he is forced to work with a group of armed robbers. He ends up befriending, possibly romantically, one of the members of the group; a young woman named May-Ling. The player's choices influence the events of the game and can lead to a variety of different endings resulting in different fates for Matt and May-Ling.

Reception

Vice deemed it an "intriguing failure".[2] Eurogamer noted the game's continuity errors.[3]

The game was nominated for "Visual Design" and "Action and Adventure Game" at The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards 2017,[4] and for "Writing or Narrative Design" and "Gameplay Innovation" at the 2018 Develop Awards.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Reseigh-Lincoln, Dom (16 April 2018). "Cho[o]se Your Own Adventure And Solve The Case As Late Shift Arrives On Switch This Month". Nintendo Life.
  2. ↑ Diver, Mike (19 April 2017). "'Late Shift' Is an Intriguing Failure of an FMV 'Game'". Vice.
  3. ↑ Parkin, Simon (24 April 2017). "Late Shift review". Eurogamer.
  4. ↑ "2017 Winners". The Independent Game Developers' Association. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ↑ MCV staff (21 May 2018). "Announcing the Develop Awards 2018 nominations shortlist". The Market for Computer & Video Games. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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