Overview: This is an excellent game containing the exploration, branching choices and easy threat of dissolution that reminds one of sunless sea or skies. The worldbuilding is top notch, dialogue is usually quite good, though as it is in early access there are still grammatical and spelling errors, here and there. Development team is quite active and attentive, which gives hope about the future development of the game. Setting: The game itself is set in a dystopian world where you may begin to question your own participation in this land. Kindness and compassion are costly choices and survival itself is not assured. That said, more could be done around exploring the morality and ethics of participation in this land. Trade: The economic aspects of this game, which align to a trading simulator, still need to be refined. Trading goods themselves is not particularly lucrative, you're much better off acting as the pack mule for larger trading housing and carrying their goods. Exploration which is richly rewarded with dialogue, secrets, and fascinating lore about the world tends to be punished economically. A better balance still needs to be achieved between cost of travel and profit. Combat: Finally, combat is not the strength of this game currently which makes the frequency of encounters a chore at times. Should you want to invest in a more combat oriented 'vagrus' you will be consistently punished for it as combat is fickle, the calculations impenetrable, and the options around strategy and tactics, limited in scope and efficacy. I generally chose to simply buy off or lure away the vast majority of threats. Currently, should one try and play the game without reloading, combat is a sure way to develop anger issues. That said, game is in early access and shows immense promise. Enjoyment of and capacity to read is a must, but if you appreciate excellent worldbuilding and a great story, this game is worth it, despite its rough edges.
gorgeous dialogue with a rich stories, lore and interesting characters. This is something clearly to be savored. Yet, combat is lackluster, feels tedious, strategically superficial and is projected as a brutal affair. While, combat is unforgiving, the distinct sense of a lack of adequate choices leads to a combat system that doesn't feel challenging, but demoralizing, with outcomes that are heavily skewed to the negative. Some small revisions might vastly improve this before launch.
