Legends of Eisenwald

It feels as though this is a hate crime against Germans. Every character in this game is immorally bankrupt; a lying, conniving, evil thief. Every opportunity to do good is foiled with these characters. You are constantly fooled or forced into committing atrocities. The only mitigating factor is every atrocity is towards a terrible person. Who the fu ck would want to play this game. Who the fu ck made this game and why would they do this!? If the game ran perfectly and there was A+++ voice acting, plot, narrative, and perfect gameplay, this would still leave me wanting to take a shower and brush my teeth because it left me feeling dirty with a bad taste in my mouth. Irrelevantly, the game itself is, in every other aspect, a complete piece of sh it. You name it, they did it horribly and riddled with bugs. I regret the time I wasted giving this thing a chance. ZERO STARS.

I didn't finish the game. I stopped after completing about three quarters of it or so. I actually rather liked both the gameplay and the writing for the most part until that point, although there were several moments along the way that made me feel quite uncomfortable. But what made me stop at once was coming across a character that was clearly an antisemitic caricature. I am not talking about a character expressing antisemitic views, which could be construed as authentic in a medieval setting, but rather a character of a Jew that was of itself depicted in a classical antisemitic manner. I truly feel dirty for having played the game. I know this might not be an issue for a large number of gamers, but if such things matter to you, I strongly recommend avoiding this game. I only wish someone would have warned me ahead of time.