<s>
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
telling	O
l	O
!	O
es	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
narrative	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Sam	O
Barlow	O
and	O
Furious	O
Bee	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Annapurna	O
Interactive	O
in	O
August	O
2019	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
were	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Barlow	O
's	O
previous	O
title	O
,	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
uses	O
live	O
action	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
of	O
four	O
people	O
(	O
played	O
by	O
Logan	O
Marshall-Green	O
,	O
Alexandra	O
Shipp	O
,	O
Kerry	O
Bishé	O
,	O
and	O
Angela	O
Sarafyan	O
)	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
video	O
calls	O
made	O
between	O
them	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
will	O
need	O
to	O
use	O
tools	O
provided	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
piece	O
together	O
events	O
and	O
what	O
statements	O
may	O
be	O
lies	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
overall	O
mystery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barlow	O
describes	O
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
desktop	O
thriller	O
"	O
like	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
becomes	O
involved	O
in	O
a	O
drama	O
that	O
is	O
played	O
out	O
through	O
stored	O
video	O
clips	O
and	O
other	O
information	O
presented	O
on	O
a	O
virtual	O
computer	O
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
provides	O
the	O
player	O
with	O
numerous	O
video	O
segments	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
narrative	O
,	O
cover	O
a	O
two-year	O
period	O
and	O
which	O
have	O
been	O
stored	O
on	O
a	O
stolen	O
hard-drive	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
National	O
Security	O
Agency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barlow	O
estimated	O
that	O
the	O
content	O
within	O
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
is	O
about	O
four	O
to	O
five	O
times	O
longer	O
than	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barlow	O
's	O
work	O
on	O
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
began	O
in	O
January	O
2016	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
"	O
to	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
narrative	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
continued	O
to	O
use	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
as	O
its	O
central	O
gameplay	O
element	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
some	O
had	O
urged	O
him	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
to	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
by	O
creating	O
another	O
murder	O
mystery	O
and	O
putting	O
another	O
actor	O
in	O
place	O
,	O
Barlow	O
wanted	O
something	O
that	O
was	O
more	O
risky	O
,	O
and	O
utilising	O
the	O
aspects	O
of	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
where	O
the	O
player	O
got	O
to	O
know	O
more	O
about	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
through	O
the	O
clips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
reading	O
up	O
about	O
surveillance	O
methods	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Security	O
Agency	O
and	O
MI5	O
,	O
Barlow	O
read	O
up	O
on	O
the	O
Optic	B-Application
Nerve	I-Application
program	O
and	O
found	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
several	O
similarities	O
to	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
search	O
on	O
stored	O
video	O
and	O
audio	O
through	O
keywords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Barlow	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
titled	O
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
,	O
would	O
feature	O
three	O
to	O
four	O
key	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
subsequently	O
released	O
on	O
23	O
August	O
2019	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
personal	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Console	O
ports	O
to	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
were	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
28	O
April	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
received	O
an	O
aggregated	O
score	O
of	O
84/100	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
indicating	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kotaku	O
praised	O
the	O
story	O
and	O
acting	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
cast	O
of	O
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
is	O
uniformly	O
excellent	O
,	O
delivering	O
performances	O
far	O
beyond	O
anything	O
I	O
’ve	O
seen	O
in	O
an	O
FMV	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
US	O
Gamer	O
said	O
that	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
"	O
good	O
interactive	O
mysteries	O
,	O
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
is	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
you	O
can	O
get.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Guardian	O
praised	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
expansion	O
of	O
concepts	O
in	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
saying	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
does	O
n’t	O
hold	O
your	O
hand	O
,	O
and	O
ultimately	O
it	O
’s	O
down	O
to	O
you	O
to	O
decide	O
the	O
truth	O
–	O
another	O
secret	O
of	O
a	O
good	O
mystery	O
done	O
well.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
EGM	O
also	O
complimented	O
its	O
shift	O
from	O
the	O
murder	O
mystery	O
in	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
to	O
a	O
political	O
thriller	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
thought-provoking	O
look	O
at	O
the	O
modern	O
surveillance	O
state	O
—	O
delivered	O
not	O
through	O
soapbox	O
lecture	O
but	O
by	O
forcing	O
you	O
,	O
unsettlingly	O
,	O
to	O
participate.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotgun	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
bigger	O
,	O
better	O
,	O
faster	O
,	O
stronger	O
"	O
than	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
while	O
saying	O
that	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
found	O
video	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
feel	O
more	O
voyeuristic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hardcore	O
Gamer	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
compared	O
to	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
does	O
not	O
hit	O
the	O
same	O
emotional	O
highs	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
