1979 Revolution: Black Friday

Game Info

1979 Revolution, the action/adventure game, immerses players into the gritty, euphoric streets of revolution – where the choices you make may betray you. Set in the actual events of 1979 Iran. 1979 Revolution’s story is told through the main character Reza, a young photojournalist in Tehran, during the electrifying early days of the revolution in 1978. Without political or religious motivation, Reza begins his heart of darkness journey into social upheaval. Surrounded by a group of impassioned key figures involved in overthrowing the regime – Reza’s engagement becomes a high stakes chess match of decision making – whereby everything is at risk.

Name

Companies

N-Fusion Interactive, iNK Stories

Released

4/4/2016

Platforms

Android, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS

Engines

Unity

Type

Adventure, Indie

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The Wise One

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1979 Revolution Black Friday is one of those games where I wish you had a neutral option for the review…
This narrative driven game, set during the days of the Iranian Revolution as well as shortly after has a great story and interesting characters, quite balanced and rounded, allegedly based on real people and events.

From some of the (real) photos and film you one can suspect that this is true. And the fact that the characters feel quite believable gives the claim additional credibility. While this is a great thing, the game it self looks old by now (2024) – which might bother some people. Also, while I like the dialogsm the choice do not affect the story as much as I personally would hope for in such a game.

There are also only one or two really challenging quick time events, all in all its more an interactive movie then a classical game. So, if that turns you off, you should stay away.

Personally, I really liked the idea of a story-game telling aspects of an historical event from a street and “common” people perspective. But I fell it could have been a little bit longer (the game clocks in somewhat under 3 hours) and painting the different faction on the side of the revolution as well as on the Shahs side in more detail.