Unavowed

slightly clunky interface and simplistic puzzles cant drag this otherwise splendid game down

Nice pacing, not too difficult, nice soundtrack and overall astonishing atmosphere.

I've never played an adventure game like this.

Very good writing. The voice actors did an amazing job. Enjoyed every moment of it. Puzzles reasonably challenging. Had to use the walkthrough a couple of times, though.

I was really, really impressed by this game. I thought the last Blackwell game really showed Wadjet Eye's growth, and this one hit for me as well. Very interesting backdrop - full of supernatural oddness in a NYC setting. I really liked the team members, too. I especially thought Mandana was cool, the half-human, half-djinn. Her voice actress nailed the part. Most of the folks did, honestly, it's all really well done. Speaking of teammates, it does the Maniac Mansion thing where you can choose two for each mission. I made sure to try them all, but you'd obviously need to play through again to experience the differing dialogue and solutions to puzzles. I wouldn't say any of them are particularly difficult - very little moon logic here - but I did get occasionally stuck and the few times I looked it was an absolute "derp" moment. So I don't feel bad about it. But I think the story is the main draw over the puzzling. I definitely recommend this one to adventure-heads. It really hit the spot for its 12-hour runtime. It didn't even feel that long, because I was fully engrossed in the game. 9/10.