The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I love point and click adventure games, and the pixel art here has that nostalgic look, so I immediately bought this game based on that. It happens in medieval Germany, so it's also a period game.
The gameplay is crude and simplistic. They ask us NOT to enable the hotspot revealer, but I did, and it has indeed improved the experience. However, the hotspots can easily merge with the background, making them hard to see in some cases.
You can collect and combine items, and for the most part, it makes sense in the game context. Another plus is that this game has little to no backtracking. However, characters are stereotyped, shallow, and 1-sided, so I couldn't get attached to anyone. They are never developed. I am supposed to be a Doctor, but it doesn't feel like it.
The main story is a bit heavy-handed on politics, where early on that started to annoy me. Catholics are demonized as greedy murderous fanatics, and the medieval era is depicted as a by-the-book Hollywood cliche. Without a good story to drive the game, or likable characters to play and interact with, playing the game wasn't engaging.
We are set up to make the "wrong" choice right at the beginning, hoping that would make us replay the game. Is that what they call replayability? The fact that the game is so short becomes a plus, since the protagonist has no story arch, and characters won't develop.
I don't regret having played the game, but it's nothing memorable. If you are Ok with a cliche story, shallow characters, and simple puzzles, go for it.
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