Susi, by Hefka Games
Play the game - Twine(Harlowe) - French
Susi is a sci-fi story, set in the 22nd century, where we follow the eponymous character, a half-wolf half-humanoid AI, after feeling a bloody conflict against salamanders (also half-AI) that ravaged everything. Seemingly the last of its kind, Susi get to choose the path forward, whether it is destructive for themselves or the salamander, or more (re)constructive. 5 different endings can be found, I managed 4.
Through Susi, the story explores crudely different human traits (vengeance, avarice, goodness, etc…). Even with the disappearance of the human race, and the evolution of the AI past needing machinery, humanoid beings would continue to behave exactly like humans, with their vices and virtues, rather than the animal-kind they embody (or a completely different path). Like ghosts, humans still stay, one way or another, influencing those left behind.
Similarly to the bad paths (bit heavy on repetition), the good ending wasn’t much satisfying either, with more of an open end to the story. It felt more that the story was actually starting at that point, with the passages preceding the final screen upping up the intrigue. That the whole game was more of a prologue than a completed one.
While there are warnings that some passages could be difficult to read, as it alludes to sensitive subject, those allusions are actually pretty explicit (stated or depicted) and the execution felt more “edgy for the sake of being edgy” rather than making it central to the plot or having commentary on it: suicidal thoughts can be willed away or push Susi into destructive suicide, sexual slavery is mentioned in passing once and almost forgotten, living under a dictatorship is played as a twist so to try to force you to take the “high-road” and forgive the oppressor.