The Static Speaks My Name was certainly an interesting and bold game. It is pretty linear overall but you are given one very intriguing and morbid choice. My issue was that you are given very little context on which to base your response. The game had a lot of little details I liked in terms of creating a world I wanted to know more about. It also had an epilogue that did the same. The game and epilogue answered so few of my questions that it was a bit frustrating. The graphics were decent overall. I liked the art direction and style although the human model was very low detail in comparison to the rest of the apartment. The music was great and did a good job to set the mood. One other thing I will mention is that if the game will make you sit through having your character use the washroom then at least have them flush and wash their hands after. I don't like having to control savages after all.
I played the game on Linux. It never crashed and I didn't notice nay bugs. You can't save but it is a short game. There are no graphics settings at all. I couldn't monitor the frame rate but I didn't notice any lag.
Game Engine: Unity
Disk Space Used: 74MB
Input Used: Keyboard and Mouse
GPU Usage: 5-15 %
VRAM Usage: 816-848 MB
CPU Usage: 2-5 %
RAM Usage: 2.3-2.4 GB
Despite feeling like the game left too much up to the imagination in terms of narrative I enjoyed it. It hooked me enough to care and didn't shy away from sensitive topics like many games would have. I finished it in twelve minutes and would easily recommend it.
My System:
Intel i5-12600K | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | XFX RX 590 8GB Fat Boy | Mesa 23.1.3 | Western Digital Black SN850 500GB | Garuda | Mate 1.26.0 | Kernel 6.4.4-zen1-1-zen