Posted on: February 19, 2023
Regdillion
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Short and a bit rough, but worth a go
This game gets points for novelty, since to my knowledge there aren't many games that focus so completely on Jewishness. The game really leans into this, which is fun both on the surface (e.g. with the list of jokes you can find) and more implicitly (e.g. "Rabbinical Answer" as a style being a frequent dialog option). Features like the Yiddish dictionary and some non-Jewish characters (as a potential audience surrogate) make the fun more understandable for non-Jewish players as well. Most of my complaints are technical rough edges. The voice acting itself was good, but the recording quality was inconsistent between characters. Some puzzles felt like the logical equivalent of pixel hunting and can be brute forced, which is always a disappointment. There's at least one mechanic that seemed almost entirely superfluous. At first I wasn't sure if I had truly reached the end, since my first attempts led to a dreary and unsatisfying state of affairs... but it also seemed to match the vibe of Rabbi Stone's life well enough that I could believe the game meant it to be that way. I was glad to discover that I was wrong and there was more to see, but I would not have figured out the solution without the hindsight of a walkthrough. Maybe I should have talked to rabbis more in life. It's important to judge this game for what it is, though - an early game in Wadjet Eye's history made around a fun concept (rabbi solves mysteries). It succeeds there, and Wadjet Eye's later games show growth that address my complaints. If you like the idea of a game very focused on Jewishness (seriously - the loading cursor is a star of David) and don't mind working around some less forgiving puzzles in the style of old point and click adventures, you may enjoy this. Otherwise, go for a later Wadjet Eye game that has worked out some of the kinks (like the Unavowed).
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