This had most of what you expect from a good point and click adventure. If you are a fan of the genre this is a decent entry. This is a "classic" point and click with most of the usual puzzle solving and dialogue options, but it's on the casual end of the spectrum. Nothing groundbreaking but familiar, comfortable and enjoyable.
Simply put, if your "game" is discussion driven by dialog choices, and understanding what's happening in the game requires listening to dialog, the the dialog mechanic had better be top notch. It's downright stupid to make the main game mechanic be speed-reading-required dialog choices that 9 times out of 10 cause your character to interrupt whoever is currently speaking. You literally have something like 5 seconds to listen to what's being said to you, read the 2 or 3 optional responses and choose one before your options disappear and you "whatever" your friends. And, yeah, then you simply blurt out whatever choice was made. Hell, half the time even "looking at" the circles that indicate interaction points with the environment causes the main character to interrupt the person speaking. This means that not only is is very difficult to make the choice that you want to make when speaking, but it's almost impossible to hear all of what another character has to say if you plan to explore your environment as well. One common suggestion is to simply hit pause every time there's a dialog choice. Another is to use a mod that slows down game play. These both work for the speed that the dialog options fade but do nothing for the environment clicks or the cutting off of the current speaker. The devs are completely aware of this since an option for slower dialog choices and complete dialog has been a request from hundreds of gamers (including ESL and disabled gamers) for years at this point. The simply do not care. This may be the greatest story ever told, but I'll never know since I'm not going to bother finishing it.
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