4PM is a 'very' short, narrative driven game, and personally it's not a good one but it could have been. Clunky controls, ok voice acting, not that good looking, and overal the game feels kind of cheap (yea i know it's 5 dollars but still feels cheap). Don't expect Dear Esther, Stanely Parable, Dream, or Gone Home, those games in terms of their genre are way more higher quality in every aspect than what we got here. I'd tell you to get it when it's 1 dollar or less.

This interactive story took me 30 minutes to complete. It has a great story. The biggest letdown of this game is that it feels very unpolished. At one point, I got stuck in a wall while dancing. That being said, there were many more positives than negatives. The way the main character unfolded through the story was wonderful. The story is just ambiguous enough to satisfy any story searcher's lust, and even after the story was over, I still felt like attempting to connect some of the dots in the story. Overall, this is a 70% solid interactive story. 7/10

Unfortunately this game was a strong let down. The concepts and feelings in the game accelerated far too quickly, and even if the game is supposed to be extended it shouldn't have been released until it had those scenes. There were no clear transitions, the zoom feature only worked once in the entire game, and there is only twoways to affect the outcome. The charecters are difficult to enjoy and frankly are incredibly one sided. perhaps scenery could have extended this but it was so blurry objects were often indistinguishable from their enviornment. Also the whole First person to third person, to cinematic view points just made it seem like a gimmick. I feel that it's a start, but definitely not something i would recommend until its gone through intense polishing.

I have been following this game since I first saw it on Greenlight, I loved the concept and voted yes. Now that the game has come out I feel like it was worth the wait, I liked it a lot. It was a short and sweet game that was well done in my opinion. The graphics could have been better but I do like the blur and wobbling as if it was an actual hangover. I only complain about finalizing, I mean the characters being transparant when on the rooftop was strange but not anything serious for me. I would like to see another game like this in the future!

Exactly what I expected (and I only read the disclaimer on release day!). I like the cinematic atmosphere and the whole presentation. It's true that it might not be a real "game", but I would really like to see more of this. A good compromise between a movie and a (too) complex game. Perfect for people who want to relax after a day of work (most AAA games tend to be too complex or are dumb shooters). The only problem here is for sure that it's just 30 minutes long. But I see it more as a teaser for other games like this to come. Make it 1,5-2 hours long and tell a nice story, I have the feeling that there's some potential in this. 4€ is a fair price (that's worth 1 bigmac(!) in the analog world).

I don't mind that the game is different and really not much of a game at all. While I love traditional gaming, I'm always interested in trying something unique, and it was the apparent uniqueness of 4pm that made me want to try it out right away. But even with those caveats, the game is slight. It takes maybe 20 minutes to complete, though I bet someone could do it in 5 minutes a second time through. Your interactivity with the game world is limited to walking forward and clicking on a small handful of items, like answering machines and doors. The story is entirely linear until the finale when you're presented with a series of choices, which I assume changes the ultimate outcome. So since it's not much of a game in the traditional sense what we have left is the story, and it is an interesting one, albeit clumsy and brief. Without wanting to give too much away your character appears to be a 20-something party girl, and the story is a parable on alcoholism and memory, which is a refres...

Despite the negative reviews, I enjoyed 4 PM. Rather than thinking of it as a game, think of it as an interactive movie. Although the story is just thrown in your face, you somewhat get to know a little of our troubled heroine. It was an interesting game, puts more of a realistic take on the consequences of alcohol addiction and the choices people make.

A "game" without gameplay. I completed it in 30 minutes, and I took my time, trying my hardest to do anything but follow the narrow path. You are offered some choices here, but if it's not the "right" choice, it resets and forces you to start over. Ultimately this leads to little more than a barely interactive slideshow. And the story, if you can call it one, has too little to offer to be anything new. Spoiler alert: [spoiler]having a drinking problem is not good.[/spoiler]

Do they hand out gaming awards Willy Nilly in Brighton? How much brown nosing did the developer do to get an award for this pile of dung? The developer can be found here... https://twitter.com/BojanBrbora 4pm is the type of game after having finished it, not only will you want a complete refund, but you will also want to be compensated for time spent playing it, maybe in the way of a $10.00 gift card at Bunnings. In fact we should make that a law here on Steam, so that less and less trash keeps building up. You play the part of Caroline the protagonist who wakes up with a hangover. Very soon obvious clues all around spell out that Caroline is never two minutes without a booze bottle connected to her lips. Why? Well there’s no puzzle to solve there, since we get tortured as to why through a few dizzy flash backs both recent and distant, which are as painful to watch as having a grapefruit thrusted into your eye socket. Blurry scenes, drunken wanderings and bad loud music, will eithe...

It’s almost impossible to defend this newly-fledged “interactive fiction” genre that the likes of Dear Esther have bestowed upon us when the case material you have to work with is as shallow and vapid as 4PM. Almost everything it advocates feels like a vain copysheet that works off the assumption that wrapping your game up in art-house pretentiousness is a sly shortcut to critical acclaim. Full Review // http://www.honestgamers.com/12461/pc/4pm/review.html