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A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.

Else Heart.Break() is a programming, adventure and indie game developed by Erik Svedäng, El Huervo / Niklas Åkerblad, Tobias Sjögren, Oscar "Ratvader" Rydelius and Johannes Gotlén and published by Erik Svedäng AB.
Released on September 24th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 2 languages: English and Swedish.

It has received 797 reviews of which 536 were positive and 261 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS: 7
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated graphics card
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 1500 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: 10.7
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated graphics card
  • Storage: 1500 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated graphics card
  • Storage: 1500 MB available space

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Nov. 2024
The game is awesome. The gameplay and story is not very good at the end, but the graphics and atmosphere are truly unique and hard to find anywhere else. The atmosphere of student life, private parties, exploring and surviving from day to day, meeting new people, freedom and fighting against the evil system of society, in which you are still trying to find your place somehow, that's total guilty pleasure and reminder of my college years in its best. Nostalgia FTW! Else Heart.Break() grabbed my heart and conquered small place in there for long time to the future, possibly forever.
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Sept. 2024
9/10 it's Watch Dogs if John Watchdog had to actually watch the dogs. Skill-based reality unraveling. Arbitrary coke execution. Utilize the surveillance state to stalk your love interest just like a real federal agent. Break into prison to establish a remote source of energy drink bathwater delivered over IP to your IoT-enabled beer can. HACK THE PLANET Now that I'm done with it: If you go into it knowing how to code, it's ultimately not very challenging, but the world and atmosphere are thoroughly enjoyable to explore. If you don't know how to code, it could be a fun way to learn some of the basics, provided you're tenacious. The story fell a little flat toward the end, I'm looking forward to a sequel :)
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July 2024
Conclusion: This game's concept has very high potential and I really hope it's been better polished. The freedom you can have in this game is similar to that in Zelda or Divinity 2: Original Sin. ********************Spoilers&Negative Comments************************ ******************************************************************************* ******************************************************************************* ******************************************************************************* Just because I tried to modify my money with the machine at WellSpring warehouse, and it dropped below zero out of my expectation, I had to hear the very annoying beeping for hours. I thought it was most likely due to the negative balance (as a warning) and started looking for way to fix it. However, even after I modified the balance back to the exact value I had had before the first modification, it still beeped. I had to mute my computer to play this game since then. Very satisfying and full-of-surprise journey for the first few hours, but then since a certain point, the hacking just becomes repetitive work, 90% of which is to figure out something's name, someone's location, to make connection and slurp, or to find an accessible door and change the destination. Since I've played for quite some days, I almost forgot to mention that if you are not lucky enough to trigger the storyline at the right time with the right action, you'll have to obtain the key item: complier, by searching every random room thoroughly and finding it in an inconspicuous corner. And during the whole process, all the npcs you've met are very likely to have 0 interaction with you.
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May 2024
Amending my previous review, as you can completely ignore the horrible, forced love plot in favor of pursuing the hacking and puzzling elements and can even complete the game without interacting with the love interest a single time. That, combined with the fact that the mechanics are genuinely interesting just barely gives this game a recommend in my book. If you want to pick up the game for the coding aspects and aren't too thrilled by the prospect of a weak love triangle plot I'd give the following slightly spoilery suggestion: At the start ignore the cafe, the soda seller, the bar/lounge, and most NPCs, and instead start searching around, gathering info, and familiarizing yourself with the game. Don't be afraid to enter other people's domiciles, usually the worst that'll happen is you'll get kicked out and there is no penalty for stealing. I'd specifically recommend starting your search near the Police station...
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April 2024
It is boring at the beginning, but once you get your "modifier" tool - it starts to be a extremely interesting game
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Else Heart.Break()
6.5
536
261
Online players
0
Developer
Erik Svedäng, El Huervo / Niklas Åkerblad, Tobias Sjögren, Oscar "Ratvader" Rydelius, Johannes Gotlén
Publisher
Erik Svedäng AB
Release 24 Sep 2015
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