Ghost of a Tale

Got this game for free, got hooked and played until I finished the game. Absolutely detest the ending due to my own genre preferences, and the bugs were insanely frustrating. I hit a grand total of two game breaking bugs. The first bug had me trapped in the starting jail cell. The first metal door ("Screaming Door") was locked, and the guard, though alerted, simply wasn't coming to the door. The fix? Quit to desktop, reload game, start a new save. The second bug, I had to google the answer, and eventually found that I had to do a hard reset of all game settings so it could regen them on launch. This second bug was in the mission just before the final mission, and it was definitely confusing. To avoid spoilers, I'll simply say a chest on the shore wasn't triggering necessary scripts. Apart from that, the performance wasn't the best, which is fine, but every time the game froze to load a new area, it would read any mouse input for the entire freeze, and would then flip the camera like nuts over and over every time anything had to load, throughout the entire game. And I couldn't just let go of the mouse, since it'd freeze while I was moving the player character about. The quicker I let go of the mouse, the better, but it was still always an annoyance. Technical aspects aside, Ghost of a Tale has excellent graphics and an intriguing storyline, with interesting characters that I found myself rooting for throughout the game. Although I became stuck on several missions, as I am admittedly not an avid puzzle or linear-story gamer, I found each mission more fun than the last. It was a gloriously pleasing adventure, all things considered. As an aside, I found myself endlessly amused at the stalwart waddle of Tilo in his heavy armor. Looking forward, I want an open-world Ghost of a Tale, with fullly accessible regions and cities to explore. Something similar to a Redwall/Witcher3 mashup, essentially. Would be an excellent game to play and pour hours and hours into.

A beautiful landscape to explore and great characters to interact with, a touch to detail that will pull you in and guide you in an amazing adventure.

I was quite excited to try this. It seemed to have a very unique and interesting setting. However, just a few hours in and I lost all interest. I tried forcing myself to play this a few times, but each time I enjoyed it even less. I think it had great potential, with a nostalgia invoking atmosphere, but the pacing and controls just didn't work for me. I had some troubles with controller too, never managed to get it to work properly. Considering the high rating for this game, it's probably a good game for the right audience, but that was not me.

I've just finished this game. It was worth every cent and more! This game is a hybrid: It has some RPG characteristics (finding and changing gear, gain levels, but not battle as such) and a stealth mechanism. But in it's heart it's a classic adventure game. It has that feel. It has everything a good adventure game hopes to have including interesting memorable characters, a well-written plot with twists and mystery and things to be revealed, cute pieces of clothing to discover and make full costumes which provide certain perks and more! I definitely recommend this game to all fantasy adventure fans and everyone else! Plus, supporting this up-and-coming developer will surely bring us many more awesome, fresh games in the future! Cheers!

Je ne vais pas y aller par 4 chemins: j'ai adoré Ghost Of A Tale, que ce soit de part ses visuels superbe (et qui mettent la patée a bien des tiples A), de son histoire prenante et qui évite les clichés ou encore son monde ouvert, qui n'est pas des plus grands en taille, mais avec un soucis du détail qui force le respect. J'ai mis une vingtaine d'heures pour boucler l'aventure (mais bon, je suis du genre à aimer flâner dans les décors), et ce jeu est un quasi sans fautes. Les +: -Visuellement à tomber, avec un monde qui a un charme réel et bourré d'idées astucieuses (level design "à la Dark Souls"). -TOUS les personnages sont très attachants, avec leurs points forts et leur face obscure; pas de manichéisme primaire ici. -Durée de vie très honnête, avec des aides de la part du PNJ, si jamais le joueur se trouve coincé dans son aventure. -Tous les bugs gênants du début ont été rapidement corrigé: suivi exemplaire. -Les musiques, bien qu'assez rares, sont parfaitement dans le ton et agréables. -Gameplay d'infiltration simple mais fonctionnel. -Pas de combats: on joue un ménestrel, pas Rambo. Les -: -Pour certaines quêtes secondaires, on peut réellement bloquer alors qu'en continuant la quête principale, celles-ci se débloquent (accès à de nouvelles zones par exemple): j'aurais trouvé souhaitable que le jeu nous sous-entende de finir cette tâche plus tard. -La toute dernière mission, en désacord avec le reste du jeu en terme de gameplay. -Parfois quelques soucis de collision avec le décor, mais c'est plutôt rare. J'espère sincèrement que le jeu aura une suite, tellement ce monde enchanteur me manque déjà, après avoir bouclé le jeu :) GG Seith, excellent boulot