Cibele is a flawed game with a well-told story and certainly worth a playthrough. It didn't have any lasting impact on me, as the basis premise is well-worn territory, but that doesn't detract from the fact that this is both well-written and performed. I don't hesitate to recommend the game on a narrative level, but have some issues regarding the gameplay...
Cibele2015
Cibele
2015 62Worthwhile
Playtime
BriefIt typically takes about 1 hour to finish the game.
Playable on
Available on
- $8.99
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- November 2, 2015
- Developer
- Star Maid Games
- Publisher
- -
- Themes
- -
Overview
Cibele is a game about love, sex, and the internet. You play as a 19 year old girl who has become close with a young man she met in an online game. Her relationship with him heats up, becoming more and more intimate with each phone call and private chat.
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Reception
Press73
Players51
GoodMediocre- Metacritic71from 7 reviews
- OpenCritic74from 9 reviews
"Cibele" is an important game, not a great one. None of its individual parts are exceptional in themselves. To a certain extent that's a virtue when we reflect on the fact that most video games are constructed around heroics. The game's conceptual force, however, is undeniable, presenting a clear blueprint for how video games can be used as a prop to...
An interesting attempt at recapturing the thrill of first love, Cibele is ultimately too clumsy for its own good.
The gameplay of Cibele, in the form of the levels of Voltameri we're forced to play through, is something of a letdown… I was left to wonder how on earth Nina could spend so much of her time playing such a dull and boring game
This is a game about that drive to connect, to see others and yourself clearly. It's an experiment in how a creator might put themselves into a work and make a game that speaks honestly about their real life to the people who play it. Through Freeman's relationship with Ichi, it also illustrates how the distance between people shapes the way they understand...