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When one thinks of the name Wales Interactive, one automatically thinks of interactive movies that belong to the genre of full-motion video, that is, video games whose individual scenes are actual movie shots that are influenced by the player. The most famous ones are actually known by Wales Interactive, such as Late Shift or The Complex.

The cinematic story told is definitely a genre that you have to like to play. There are not many interactive plot options, and you can only get involved in the scenarios that the story gives you from the script. And this is where the biggest challenge lies. In fact, The Isle Tide Hotel was produced after the Covid-19 pandemic and allowed the production team to become more diverse again in setting and option design.

The story is basically very simple: A father searches for his kidnapped daughter, and the clues lead him to a mysterious hotel where strange things are going on. However, any further information would already be a spoiler, because this is exactly where Wales Interactive venture into completely new thematic worlds. While previous interactive films dealt with end time scenarios or threatening situations, The Isle Tide Hotel is very mystical, interpretative and above all profound.

Because if the previous parts were more about psychological questions, like which person they would rather sacrifice in relation to another group of people - the well-known trolley dilemma - this part focuses mainly on philosophical questions like "Who am I?" "What is my purpose and my sense in life?" without patronizingly pointing the finger. Many things are possible, every decision has its consequences, and you have to decide for yourself which path you want to take.

These chosen paths have a whole scope of consequences and lead not only to different endings, but finally to completely different storylines again, which had been sorely missed at Wales Interactive due to the pandemic limitations. So if you are interested in interactive movies in general and like to take several playthroughs to get behind every secret, The Isle Tide Hotel is the best choice. Wales Interactive are back with renewed strength.