Times and Galaxy

First impression: An unskippable musical intro disqualifies this from any serious evaluation. Second impression after a few hours and finding out that you *can* skip it by longpress of the mouse: This is basically a 90's flash game worth 0 Dollars.

Great writing, interesting characters, and a strong hook that really captures the spirit of reporting make Times and Galaxy an excellent play. If you enjoy the idea of journalism, or of capturing stories, or you just like colourful characters and intriguing settings, you should give Times & Galaxy a shot!

I got this game for free from a gaming magazine and it was a surprisingly adorable narrative walking simulator/visual novel. The characters are original and funny, the world building with different planets and species was creative and entertaining. Very queer friendly game also, by the way. You do have the choice to wander around the ship every single day and talk to everybody, or go straight to the writing assignment. The level of detail is astounding - click on a simple poster every day, and every day there will be a different internal dialogue about the poster. Don't forget to check out the lunch menu on the cafeteria every time, it's hilarious! On the gameplay side, there is more to do as in a typical visual novel as you walk around, altho the influence of your dialogue choices or choices you make about writing an article are mainly on achievements, but not really on the game itself. You may flirt or "date" characters, but there is no gameplay related to that. You can't do anything wrong writing an article - you can just have a better or worse reputation as a reporter. As others have said before, the ending feels unsatisfying, but I assume there is some personal influence from the team which lead to this decision. I was reminded of the end of Fall Of Porcupine, only in a different profession of work (press instead of hospital). The full price of 20€ feels a bit much due to imho little replay value (watch out, achievements require several playthroughs, which I feel will not be worth it). If you like visual novels, fun outerspace worlds and a bit of a dialogue puzzle mechanic, this game is for you.