PROS: First, this game is a lot of fun if you like managerial games or games set in a medieval fantasy setting. I enjoy the music and the atmosphere quite a lot and so far, being in the second campaign chapter, i find it fun and not stressful as other strategy games sometimes feel. CONS: The game feels buggy. Twice in the first day of playing did I have to load an older save game, and I've had to spend a lot of time researching bugs online, to no avail. It's also creating a stressful atmosphere to be constantly paranoid on whether the game's bugged or not and turning settings on and off to see if that's going to make it better. I hope it gets some attention from the devs because it seems a shame for this game to be unplayable.
I'm an old-school RPGer both tabletop and on PC. I love the classics such as Planescape: Torment (1999) and Baldurs Gate 2 (2000), as well as Dragon Age 1 (while 2 and 3 were utter garbage imho) Lately I've been feeling that the new cRPGs in their attempt to do something new, and to have better graphics, have lost their soul a little. It feels that they're become generic and acquired an artificial quality which is superficial. This game feels like it took a step in the right direction. GAMEPLAY: 10 / 10 enjoying very much DIFFICULTY: 10/10 Chose which one is more fun for you ENGAGEMENT: 7/10 Good immersion, Realistic dialogues which don't feel fake or generic, no dialogues amongst characters, but they all get to react when things happen and each of them has something different to say. There's room for improvement here. STORY: 7/10 I'm still at the beginning, but so far I'm enjoying it well enough. BUGS: 9/10 Only found one which was fixed upon restarting GRAPHICS: 10/10 MUSIC: 10/10 PRICE FOR QUALITY: Buy, it's worth it's money.
Just for clarifying, there's no story or dialogues in the game, this isn't a Point & Click Adventure game. This is a hidden object and puzzle game, quiet and short but pretty. The general story is the same as in a bunch of other similar games, namely: Sadness and drama with a in child's real life, child imagining abstract world.
Albeit a bit short, this game can stand next to the classic adventure games such as the Monkey Island. Lighthearted, colorful and whimsical, the setting, dialogues and characters are fun to spend some hours with. The puzzles are mostly on the easy side as far as P&C adventures go, but the game is generally logical, so there's no need for pixel hunting or trying all combinations randomly. It took me around 12 hours to finish, having finished 60% of the achievements on a first playthrough.
