Posted on: January 22, 2018
Transcendent_One
Possesseur vérifiéJeux: 14 Avis: 4
Interesting - but not really exciting
An interesting little game. In Lion's song, you follow the lives of a few extraordinary people in Vienna around the turn of the 19th Century. Which - to me - is a bit of a mystical and gorgeous phase of European history. So why "only" 3 Stars? First, because of the fact that this is less a point-and-click adventure that includes interesting choices and more of a story 'on rails' - but I suppose it's my problem for thinking the game would be something else. And while the atmosphere is decently captured, I found Episode 2 and 3 far, far superior to episodes 1 and 4. There's a bit to explore in choices, seeing how the stories are somewhat interconnected and the resulting consequences, but to me, there was nothing exciting enough to really replay all of it to 100%. About the artstlye: while I realize that the colour and style itself are a concious choice, I find them to work in the beginning but then become rather bland once one gets used to it. Overall, I did enjoy the experience altough I must confess episodes 1 and 4 felt really tedious to me at times - which is a considerable part of the game. You meet a few interesting characters that lived during that period of time and visit historic locations,, but it feels more often than not like namedropping or including things for the sake of including them. (as if someone thought, "I'd be a shame not to include Dr. Freud" and included him in two short scenes). I did however like episodes 2 and 3 quite a bit, and as I remarked, the atmosphere is decently captured. I just wish the characters had more time to develop more fluently and subtile.
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