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1979 Revolution: Black Friday

76% positive of 1,024 Steam reviews

Released: 2016
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, GOG, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by iNK Stories, N-Fusion Interactive. Published by iNK Stories.

About the game

1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.

Tagged by players

Historical
Choices Matter
Choose Your Own Adventure
Multiple Endings
Adventure
Point & Click
Story Rich
Short
Action
Exploration
Atmospheric
Cold War

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What players say

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"They want us to stay silent. But a camera can shout louder than a thousand voices." As in current times as in times immemorial the Persian heartland, Iran, has always been a place of strife but also beauty and cultures. So this little adventure game, or a interactive documentary I would rather say, named '1979 Revolution: Black Friday' by iNK Stories that came out in 2016 tells a personal and in-depth story how and…
6.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
As cynical as this will sound, this game tells of the human plight throughout human history. Believe what I believe or suffer and die. This was told from a gripping perspective and given what is going on today with the war, that perspective is VERY eye opening.
3.7 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
This game is based on an interesting concept - playing a photographer tied up in the struggles of the 1979 Iranian revolution. However, it suffers from a couple of crippling faults that make me not recommend it. First of all, the game is criminally short, with a total playtime of maybe 3 hours at best. And that is with reading every journal entry and taking every optional photograph. This is made worse by the fact…
2.2 h played when written. 69 found it helpful.
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