Depending on your feelings about voyeurism, this can be thrilling or highly uncomfortable. Your job, as the game's anonymous protagonist, is to watch a series of video files, spying on private citizens' video chat in hopes of uncovering a terrorist plot. Telling Lies has the emotional weight of a film or TV show drama, and while it pays nostalgic homage to the FMV (Full Motion Video) games of the 1980s, its themes regarding online communication and government surveillance couldn't be more contemporary. This second offering by veteran game designer Sam Barlow (creator of Her Story) is exceptionally well designed, written and acted.

There are also complex examinations of topics through dialog revolving around concepts like loyalty, self-sacrifice, and patriotism. The game's complex moral themes are best suited to an adult audience since they're explored through mature, often difficult conversations about marriage, infidelity, and unplanned pregnancy. Videos include violence as characters shoot guns, commit acts of terrorism, are violently arrested by police, and even commit suicide. One character is also described as a sex worker.

Video clips contain infrequent but strong profanity (words like 'f-k,' 's-t,' and goddamn') and suggestive content in the form of revealing clothes on female characters, racy conversations, and implied masturbation. The storyline centers itself around voyeurism, privacy issues, and Internet security as players attempt to uncover a terrorist plot. Parents need to know that Telling Lies is a downloadable live-action adventure/simulation game for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PCs. Characters appear at and also talk about a tavern, but nothing's shown during gameplay.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.

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