Surprising
As someone who never experienced and therefore has no nostalgia for the early days of computers and internet, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this game. Gameplay-wise it reminds me a lot of Uplink, the hacker game by the Introversion guys, except Digital is infinitely more playable. Uplink is confusing even after the tutorials. Anyway, the story of this game is really interesting. It goes in a completely different direction than you expect at the outset. At first I disliked the twist because of the absurdity of it but by the end of the game it won me over and had me tearing up a little. There was a section that tried my patience around 80% in, but it was definitely worth persevering through. Even though the days of the Amiga and dialing into BBSes are long past, the quest to find your online friend is still very relatable. I'm sure most people have had a forum they visit suddenly disappear, their only connection to some of their friends unexpectedly severed. Contacting other posters to see if they know Emilia, looking for her on other BBSes, etc. parallel things I personally have done when trying to reconnect with online acquaintances. It makes for an unexpectedly compelling game.
