I love this game personally, and generally am a fan of the developers. But it definitely is a mixed bag and I'd recommend waiting for this game to go on sale before getting it, its rather simplistic and while the story is enjoyable there isn't much in terms of choice to be had. Its a worthy addition to the World of Darkness and continues a lot of the themes inherent to the tabletop, critiquing a lot of real world social issues like power structures, conspiracies, religion, and such. The game is also short, however the endings are not nearly as abrupt as Coteries. The obvious complaints are the lack of an ability to reload a save, the narrow railroad of the story, and somewhat stunted conspiracy. All choices are permanent and the dialogue options can be obtuse leading to some frustration in parts. However this is somewhat mitigated by the next issue, which is that outside of 6 specific dialogue options none of your choices impact the ending or overal course of the story. The dialogue options generally act more as "what is your flavor of protagonist" rather than meaningful options, and often they'll all just be the same option in disguise. Finally the conspiracy that the central mystery of the game revolves around is rather shallow and really predictable, especially if you played the previous game. While I personally enjoy the game for the personal story it tells, it definitely didn't land the mystery. However the personal story of Julia, our protagonist, is rather compelling and in all honesty the conspiracy is merely the simplistic backdrop for her tale. From her tenuous relationship with religion, having been raised catholic but now living as a goth lesbian, to her strained and rapidly deteriorating relationship, to her hopeless struggle to find her place in the new world she finds herself in. Julia is a really interesting character study in my opinion, and brings up a lot of rather important modern issues.
