Annie Android: Automated Affection

By: Derek Yu

On: January 27th, 2009

Annie Android: Automated Affection is a new adventure game from Ben Chandler that muses on creativity and the idea of free will. It stars a lovelorn young android named Annie who’s got the hots for the local Mailbot. Unfortunately, he’s a little lacking in the brains department and the domineering RoboHQ wants to keep it that way.

It’s a short adventure and I found the puzzles to be fairly easy, except for one “physical” puzzle near the end that felt a bit broken. Without spoiling the scenario, it felt pretty bizarre to hear Annie alternately screaming “I don’t want to get too close to that thing!” and “I need to be closer!” At one point during the trial I also managed to get her stuck and had to restart the game.

Aside from that, it was an enjoyable ride – I liked the game’s sense of humor and its cute characters. And even though the use of sound is fairly limited, it’s always refreshing to hear theme music with actual lyrics!

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