Im a pretty old-school gamer (or just old) but i fondly remember the days of doom2, heretic, hexen, blood and co. I bought this game because it advertises itself as a throwback to that era and the reviews were very good. I havent beaten it yet but im enjoying it greatly. It has a lot going for it and definately caputres the feeling i have for those games. its not perfect (levels are tiny, some art decisions are a bit questionable, and its more wolfenstein 3D than lets say Blood or Hexen) but it has a lot of strenghts (awesome old school music, fluid animations, fast gameplay and a fun perk/stat system). i'm always looking forward to my next play session and it does scratch that its for old school games i've had. for that i rate it 4/5
Game itself is very interesting an reminiscent of Gabriel Knight 1. However there is a huge problem at the moment that you can get stuck in the game (apparently if u dont say the exact required thing) unable to progress with no notice whatsoever. you have to reload a previous savegame. you dont even necessarily notice that you cant progress unless you watch a playthough on youtube. if it wasnt for this problem i'd rate it 8/10. as it is now, im uninstalling and hoping for a fix.
Seems very good so far (about 4 hours in). while i was not caputred as much by the other adventure entries that wadjet eye merely published, i was hoping for dave gilberts latest effort to capture me like the blackwell series did over the past years. thankfully this game feels very similar to blackwell. the individual stories have captured me and i enjoy the ghostly creepy atmosphere so far. characters are likable. unlike some, i REALLY like that my own chars text is not spoken. i think it always slows games down when you read every text in your head and then have to hear it again. i enjoy the puzzle difficulty so far as well (more on the easy side). i just want to soak up the story and atmosphere, not be bogged down by hard puzzles where i constantly have to check a walkthrough. thanks wadjet for making yet another great entry in the adventure genre. my last adventure game i enjoyed this much has been thimbleweed park.
