Gamedec is one of those games that starts out really strong, but that still ends up being a disappointment in the end. My play time was a bit over 11 hours. The first half of the game is basically you working on different investigations and all that is a solid 5/5. The trait system feels interesting at first, and early on I was already getting excited to replay the game to see how having different skills would affect how the scenarios played out. However, the longer I got to the game, the more I started to realize that the trait system is actually pretty pointless. As others have already pointed out, having different traits doesn't really affect the outcome of the investigations, but it's there to just make some parts a bit easier/faster. Although the story is really interesting at first, in the end I was left off with a feeling that nothing I did in the game mattered at all. Given the main theme of the story, this might even have been intentional, but it still definitely killed all the enthusiasm that I had towards replaying the game. Also, lets talk about the ending. There are multiple different endings, but the way those were presented was an absolute disappointment. When you reach the end of the road, you are basically given a list of all the possible endings and asked to choose from those. Most of the endings have some conditions you must fulfill to ulock them, but those are just checks for if you killed the person A/anyone at all, and if you sided with side 1 or 2. But like that's it. To me the ending of the game felt really disjointed from the rest of the game. There are also some minor bugs/inconsistencies in some dialogues/deduction options, but I don't feel that those really affect my overall experience. To conclude: Gamedec is not a bad game. It starts out really strong, but falls flat after the first half and finishes itself off with an underwhelming ending.
I gotta start by saying that this game took me by surprise. When I first saw it on shop I wasn't too impressed, but after seeing all the good ratings I figured why not give it a chance. And oh boy, I'm thankfull that I did. This is definitely the best game I have played in years. I don't know, maybe ever? The writing is just perfect! The plot is amazing! Somehow the game manages to be incredibly funny and sad at the same time. As a conclusion I'd say that if you like RPGs at all, you're probably going to love this. Maybe only negative thing about this game might be that if you actively dislike reading, then you're probably not going to have that good time. Other than that I can recommend this game to anyone!
