Emma: A Lady's Maid Demo

There are many interesting ideas when it comes to video games, but few are so mind-bending as the steampunk worlds that seem to defy all logic. Sometimes they are taken to the extreme, but other times they feel just right, as was the case with classics like Arcanum, or Bioshock. However, there’s no need for triple-A productions in order to experience a great steampunk adventure.

Emma: A Lady's Maid is a steampunk visual novel that puts you in the role of a maid by the name of Emma, who serves a young lady by the name of Eveline. The game takes place in an alternate 19th century England, which is why many elements might be familiar to you, while others are purely science fiction. However, the most important element is the story itself and how you can influence it.

As such, Emma is not an ordinary maid with no dreams of her own. Instead, she is actually quite ambitious, which is why she doesn’t let the fact that she is a simple maid stop her from pursuing her dreams. Hence, besides finding the perfect romantic partner to spend her life with, she is also trying to obtain a specialization along the way by learning science and applying her mind.

Although it can be described as a visual novel, Emma: A Lady's Maid is more of an interactive text-based adventure game, given the fact that the visual part is not that impressive in this case. In fact, there’s only one background available in the demo, which is a bit of a bummer. However, you are always challenged to make choices, each one of which affects Emma’s future.

You can end up with the perfect man by your side and a stellar career ahead of you, as well as without any useful knowledge and a pretty disappointing male specimen. Thankfully, it’s a blast to go through the game multiple times, especially since the demo at hand only takes about half an hour to complete the first time. More content is promised for the full version, on the other hand, which should be even better.

In the end, Emma: A Lady's Maid is unlike anything else out there when it comes to the elements it combines. Thus, playing a maid with such high aspirations is truly enjoyable, not to mention the fact that the replay value is decent as well.