i am a newcomer to the gog world and to daedalic entertainment games in particular. but it's such a long time that i haven't enjoyed any games out there as much as i did the new beginning. i think that all reviewers agree that the backgrounds are astounding and very gently done. in the english version that i played, the dialogues are all done by professional voices and all the feeling in the right places. there were only a couple of slips - but really - they are nothing comparatively. i guess there were more bugs before, but i think they are almost all gone now. the story was very to my liking. even though it sounds unrealistic in some places, or the feats that the heroes do are a bit too "heroic" - come on, it's still a fantasy game and a fiction - but with many many projections to our own world and our own future - even our personal relationships. i even started to tell the story to my psychologist, who exclaimed in wonder that maybe the games nowadays went a long way forward. i really really enjoyed the story part - the way the characters interact and the way their backgrounds are touchingly shown - without much tiring conversation (the longest journey had a lot of such conversations imho and was the reason i didn't like that) - the conversation here is just enough to let you put the pieces together. i really enjoyed how many details of personal relationships we all feel in our own lives are touched upon. also the way the genre of the graphic novel blends with the gameplay (or rather, the video sequences) is quite clever and effective, in my opinion. the puzzles are quite logical - and again, i don't believe we should value puzzles on the scale of how realistic they are - but how clearly you can understand the object, and how logically, as opposed to pure chance, you can deduce the solution. i found most of the puzzles ok, but i sought the help of UHS in a couple of cases. (the space button is totally helpful) and last, but not the least - the twists in the story. there are many and good ones.
