If you are familiar with tabletop gaming, you know there are several tactics that have become signs of poor gamemastering and should be avoided: railroading, lying to players, and changing rules. The makers of this game indulge in all of these tactics, which unfortunately ruins what could have been an otherwise enjoyable, if limited, game. As is too often the case these days, tedious was substituted for challenging, deliberate time-wasting for engaging, and game-breaking actions discoverable only through save-scumming. The last straw was permanently killing a player-controlled character through an (unskippable) cut scene, removing the only access the party had to a spell that made the final dungeon possible. Removing player agency in this way is not dramatic, it does not add poignancy, it merely reduces what should be a game to a poorly made movie: to couple this with a final act of player sabotage is to betray the trust gamers are required to place in those few companies fortunate enough to produce a game. If this company ever produces another game, I will not purchase it.
