An absolutely great game. The story is crazy and mind-bending in the best possible way. The writing superb. The voice acting exquisite. I'm waiting for another game from Powerhoof. Crikey!
A well-written, well-executed game that had me engaged all the way. A strong contender for the best point-and-click game I've ever played. I hope it sells well enough for us to get Kathy Rain 3.
A great game with the emphasis of story over puzzles. Which means the puzzles are there and they make you think but they're logical and you don't get stuck on them for ours. The story is engaging, the writing top notch. Can't recommend it enough.
This is a great game. The puzzles are few and simple and the game itself straddles the point-and-click and visual novels genres with the focus on the narrative much more than a typical point-and-click. Thank being said, the story and dialogues are very well written and engaging, the characters interesting and the voice acting top notch. I can only recommend it.
The DLC took me a little over 4 hours to complete. The base game's biggest issue - the controls - were not too detracting from the experience as there is much less fighting here that there was in the base game, but they're still unchanged. The DLC comprises of a series of varied and entertaining activities that had me engaged for the entire time. The writing and story were again the best parts, as in the base game. I hope we get to play future games from this developer, albeit with much improved control scheme.
At the time of this review, I've played the game for 11,5 hours and have just started chapter 11 of 13. The game is obviously an indie production and because of that I'm not going to focus too much on the graphics – they’re basic but they get the job done and they're probably not what is going to either make or break the experience for you. The music is surprisingly pleasant and it has the potential of going onto my playlist. Where the game shines are its story and writing. I've been genuinely engaged in the plot and I'm looking forward to seeing how it ends. The dialogues are good as well with most of the voice acting being decent to very good, although it would nice not to have the mishmash of accents (again, it's an indie game so I'm not going to hold that against it). What I really dislike are the controls. I've found the game barely playable on the controller with mouse & keyboard being only a slight improvement. Not only is controlling the player's character VERY clunky but combat-wise it has probably the worst design choice I have ever seen in a game: You control the character’s movement and the direction he faces separately – this in itself has been done (and done well) in other games but there are 2 main problems with it in this game: 1) all too often the character doesn’t follow the mouse/right stick so you end up with your back to the enemy and in general being a quick-and-agile combatant is not really doable; 2) what absolutely breaks the experience is that in addition to controlling the direction, you also have to choose the distance at which the character is going to strike. This often results in your character swinging past the enemy and missing him even though the enemy was in the direction the character was swinging. In summary, the combat is a chore rather than a fun mechanic. I think it could be fixed by making sure the character is more responsive and getting rid of controlling the distance of the strike. Just stick to the tried-and-true ke
Artificer have created a great entry into the niche stealth tactic genre. The story, while simple, is quite engaging. The characters could be a bit more realised but I do understand that given the overall compacntess of the story (and the fact that this is not an RPG) there was little room for extensive backstories or character development. The graphics are gorgeous. Overall, I hope this is not the last time we get to play as the Sumerian Six.
