![]() In fact, the titular Dead Synchronicity only begins to be explored close to the end and is the main topic of what the potential sequel would have covered, so rather than ending with something that feels unfinished, this adventure title wraps up elements like the protagonist’s search for his identity and his interactions with those around him before it goes for a paradigm shift where much of what was present here likely wouldn’t be carried over into the next game. Dracula: Resurrection was a game building up to its confrontation with Dracula only to deny the player that moment, but Dead Synchronicity does tidy up most of its character arcs and addresses many of its mysteries before it reaches its cliffhanger finale. A cliffhanger finale can often leave a bitter taste in a player’s mouth, especially when the game seeks to delay certain plot thread resolutions to a possible sequel, but Dead Synchronicity does skirt the problem that Dracula: Resurrection had. However, since Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today underperformed, publisher Daedelic Entertainment was unwilling to provide funding for a follow-up and developer Fictiorama Studios instead moving onto a different project in the form of the seemingly more successful dystopian game Don’t Feed the Monkeys. This game was meant to be the first installment in a series that would explore the nature of The Great Wave that wiped out most of mankind’s technologies, caused multiple natural disasters around the world, and lead to a horrific pandemic where people become known as The Dissolved for how their grisly deaths manifest. ![]() As the last vestiges of the human race do their best to survive in this bleak future, this man soon begins to learn the truth of who he is, what happened, and what dangers still await… only for the adventure to end before it has truly finished.ĭead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today is a point and click adventure title with a strong narrative focus, but because of this, it feels like the biggest caveat to a player’s potential enjoyment must be put forth first to avoid disappointment. An unusual glowing fissure hangs over the remains of human society like a foreboding rainbow, the inverse of God’s promise to Noah as this fracture instead promises that another end will soon come. A man wakes up after the end of the world, only flashes of his past held in his fractured memory as he looks up at a sky just as broken. ![]()
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