Her story is reminiscent of a lot of people’s situations during the early stages of lockdown.- convincing herself that she can use the newfound loneliness to the fullest, whilst suffering with mental health and the looming knowledge that the virus won’t go away so quickly. But doing so turns out to be much harder than she initially thought. Despite knowing the severity of it all, she tries to remain hopeful and stable playing music, baking, and trying to communicate with what’s left of the outside world. The Everyman here is Charlotte, someone whose life relied on her business that she was not only forced to close, but also isolate herself in. Fittingly, the world of Presentable Liberty is just as mundane as our own and, viewed with a 2020 lens, some of its characters can easily be seen as reflections of people in our current society. These work great in their respective universes, but it’s safe to say that these people are a rarity in the real world. With most games set in a plagued world being action titles, their characters are usually either unstoppable badasses or sombre tragic hero types. But the thing that makes a much smaller title like Presentable Liberty more realistic is its small cast of characters, none of which are ever actually seen by the player. The Resident Eviland The Last of Us franchises have been telling stories of horrific viruses for years. Now, pandemic stories are nothing new, especially in video games. ![]() Image credit: Tommy Miller, Santa Fe New Mexican. ![]() However, here in 2020, a world ravaged by a horrendous illness doesn’t seem so far away at all. Emotionally engaging and frightening, yes, but remarkably unlikely. A virus that has infected and killed so many people that the you and Charlotte are the only ones unaffected, as far as either of you are aware.įive years ago, when thousands first watched a playthrough of this game, this story probably sounded ludicrous. What you learn is that this world has been hit by a virus – a deadly virus. Then the next day comes about, only for you to do the exact same thing, gradually learning more about the world and people around you. Working on an in-game cycle of time, you simply read letters, play the games your Happy Buddy gives you and go to sleep. Salvadore, a traveler and apparent friend of yours, Doctor Money, the unnamed country’s leader, your government-assigned ‘Happy Buddy’, whose sole purpose is to keep you positive and finally, Charlotte, a young woman confined to her bakery. Before long, you begin receiving letters under your door from four distinct characters. You don’t know how long you’ve been there or why, but either way, you’re not escaping any time soon. You play as an unnamed prisoner, trapped in a small cell with no way of getting out. All it has is a shabbily put together Fandom Wiki page, the ‘ Main Story’ section of which only reads: “It be good game.”īut now, six years after its release, Presentable Liberty has gained a scary level of reality to it. Unfortunately, with the game able to be completed in just over an hour, a playthrough was often designated to a single video – never to be touched again and quickly overshadowed by other indie hits like The Escapists (2015) or Undertale (2015).Įven now, there is very little information about the game or its production. Platform giants like Markiplier and Jacksepticeye gave the rather inconspicuous title an audience, with Jack’s playthrough having over four million views at the time of this article. Though it was released to little fanfare back in 2014, Presentable Liberty gained a burst of notoriety when several large Let’s-Play YouTubers gave it a go. The game was created by Wertpol A.K.A Robert Brock, who sadly passed away in June 2018. But this is actually the premise of a little indie title by the name of Presentable Liberty, a game that – though mostly forgotten – has gained a whole new level of relevance. In a post-COVID world, the scenario described above likely sounds like many people’s new normal – minus the working from home and banana bread. ![]() You long to get back out into the world, but it seems to be drifting farther away with each tick of the clock. The leaders tell you everything is fine and that positivity is the key to getting through it all, but your down-to-earth friends tell you otherwise. As time goes on, things start to get worse and more frightening more people are dying and taking desperate measures to survive. You have no choice but stay in your room and play video games to pass the time, waiting for a message from a friend or an update from those in charge. Picture this: the world as you know it has been turned on its head by a mysterious pandemic. ![]() *THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS FOR PRESENTABLE LIBERTY*
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