Impartial is a short narrative game built around making moral decisions, but some of its best pieces come from everything surrounding those choices.
The premise of being the middle-man between heroes and police seemed a very interesting and is what brought the game onto the stream.
The hand-drawn artwork gives the game plenty of personality, while the office hides entertaining distractions. Writing with the pen sitting on the desk, working on a crossword, or making questionable phone calls all add some welcome lightheartedness to the otherwise serious job.
The main dilemmas were harder to judge. Across the first six days, several choices felt strangely disconnected from the larger story, making their importance difficult to understand. Perhaps those connections become clearer as the game progresses as the story did seem to start showing itself a little as we played on. Speed of the text being displayed could be increased for greater enjoyment.
After just over an hour, however, enough had been seen for the stream. With Impartial designed as a relatively short experience, the remainder may eventually be finished off-stream.
Impartial is therefore recorded as Dead.
The decision has been made.
No appeal has been filed.
Pronouncement: Pronounced dead.