Ghost of a Tale

Easy to play, fun details everywhere, great sneaking game as a rodent , with nice puzzle aspect too.

Cute, moving, and great fun. Only issue... The sequal hasn't released yet.

Keeping iot brief - this is a cute game, looks beautiful, controls are good, and the mechanics are quick to learn. A quest log helps keep track of your to-dos, and the sandbox you play in is a tight maze of corridors, lisfts and secret passages that allow you to move between areas seemlessly witrhout any loading. I was not expecting the beautiful day-night cycles, different "armor" sets, and skills to be learned. The only downside, really, is the map; I find that I get turned around quite a bit, and there is a lot of back tracking to be done. Thankfully you unlock shortcuts to ease lengthy traversals from place to place as you get further in.

While this game is simple in concept, in execution this game has more heart and soul than any game that has come out in a long, long time. Graphically it is a beautiful game and the controls are (mostly) simple and intuitive. In my opinion this game approaches being a true work of art and I would recommend it to anyone.

Ghost of a Tale is an indie stealth game, set in a world populated by small animals where you play as a mouse minstrel named Tilo. Looking for his wife, he must escape the keep he's imprisoned in, using the help of allies and enemies. The game is open-world, not that big, no fast travel but you can find shortcuts which lessens the time to backtrack. One innovative thing the devs did is make quest items pickable even before the quest starts, so you don't need to backtrack and just turn it in. While it is a stealth game, it's more like Hitman kinda stealth rather than purely sneaking. Several times, you'll have to put on a disguise to progress, unlocked by finding outfit pieces. Most important is the guard armor, you'll spend a lot of time asking the guard's commander for quests, and making normal guards ignore you. However, you move super slow, so it might be better and faster to sneak around rather than have it equipped all the time. For a game made by a very small team, I'm amazed at the detail poured into the lore. They created cultures and backgrounds for each animal species. There are folklore that plays a pretty big part during the story, and still shrouded in mystery that makes you want more. Like how a flame with the power of necromancy ravaged the land, but the plains where it was fought mysteriously turned to an ocean. My only problem with GoaT is a minor one, the lack of quest markers. While its not really needed since most of them are obvious and some others can be marked (for a price), it can be kinda confusing if its your first run without guides. Like for example, you need to go to a new area, but the directions are only mentioned once in a conversation that isn't repeated. Overall, I think Ghost of a Tale is a well-made stealth game, and if you like the genre, fantasy settings, or cute animals you'll probably have a great time. Tilo's story doesn't seem to reach an end just yet, so I'll be waiting for a sequel or more stories in this world.