Unique art style and very nice puzzle solving/language learning experience. I enjoyed the game very much so far (just reached the gardens). Wasn't aware that I felt in love with this kind of niche genre back when I played Heaven's Vault.
Pro: I like the cubistic art style and the voice acting a lot! Con: The movement is part of the core game play but it's a bit annoying as you keep bumping into things and the city is too big to get familiar with.
I backed the game on kickstarter as I love Kingmaker and the Pathfinder system. I just played the first few minutes (!) and want to share my experience so far. -The game runs fine on my not so highend system. The graphics are pretty nice. -The intro scene is impressive. -The voice acting is very good so far, character design is superb. -The story is interesting so far, the setting is nice. -The camera somehow always is either a bit too close or a bit too far away. -The tutorial nicely integrates into the gameplay. -Pathinder offers a lot of options and rules and backstory. It is very hard to follow every detail. But I think the game does a good job here. Thumbs up!
I loved this game so much! It took me 10 hours to finish it and I enjoyed every minute of it. The atmosphere is great. The writing, the characters, the stories and twists are really good. I enjoyed the music. The gating is very clever. Ifg you are into rogue-lite crime adventures this is the game for you! To find some downsides: the shooter gameplay is a bit clunky and some sound effects could be better. I didn't get most archivements due to some error. I'm now busy printing my 3D statue for my desk and maybe I'll try endings 1-3 later. But for now I'm happy for the story and the immersion into that fantastic world.
I didn’t like it. The characters, puzzles and dialogs are too artificial. The graphics however are nice most of the time.
I really enjoyed the game world, at least the few times the game didn't crash.
Don't expect a fast paced action games. It took me 12 hours to finish this game - and it was like reading a good book. I'm busy playing it a second time now and can only recommend to get this game (or any other inkle game - 80 days or Sorcery anyone?)... Thank you, Inkle team! I'm a huge fan! There is plenty to say about the game - some good and some bad things, so let me tell you my impressions: The graphics. It's beautifully designed. They may not have a big budget but they used it well. The graphics are ok at best compared to AA games, but the art style is phenomenal. The comic art of the characters may be a bit strange at first and the polygon count of the surrounding may be a bit low - but it just fits and the details are made with love (I was happy to find my gecko on the ship). They don't have much voice acting, but when it is available it is well done. The writing... ...is great, simply great! You follow a captivating story while you meet interesting characters and beautiful places along the way. The world building was done in a fresh and really impressing way. Sometimes dialog quick events may lead to new aspects or branches of the story some may never see. The game mechanics. You explore a word and its history word by word. You have to fill a dictionary and play glyph sudoku from time to time. Thats more fun than it may sound and a central part of the mechanic. I enjoyed this, the slow revealing of the past is a good motivation to shuffle some more glyphs. The bad. Space travel, oh my! It's a good idea but it may get tedious. You can use your robot as autopilot but that only works 10% of the time. Still it's not as bad as some said. You have nice talks about recent events on your way and the visuals are quite nice most of the time. But it's too slow and boring sometimes. The search for ruins and grinding for artefacts is nice at best. The whole part could have been a bit shorter. The movement both on moons and rivers is too slow.
