As I'm about to finish it I feel I can already review it: I'm not too fond nor versed on card games, but as much as I think gwent fits an army themed game, I dont find the deckbuilding very satysfying for what the game puts in front of you. The puzzles are very well thought and fun, but there's not so much "basic" combat, which initially you expect. The visual novel part of the game is plainly great, beautiful artwork and voice acting (incluyendo el doblaje en español, sorprendentemente). Could have been a 5/5 but I didnt feel it "round", also too many bugs ranging from dangerously unacceptable (freeze, crash, save deleted) to just mildly annoying (graphic icons with wrong info).
On par with the rest. Among the best point and click adventures out there.
People usually ask if better play this first or go directly to the second. After finishing this one I would have gone to the second (hopefully, as I havent played it yet). I found the story on this one quite boring and forgetable. Added to dated gameplay mechanics and lack of information overall (about enemies abilities and vulnerabilities, spells areas, status effects not telling you what they do... and a long etc.) Of course it has other things going on, like sense of adventure, nice graphics, freedom of choice and exploring, music... but I feel that you can get the same experience from the second part? I hope that one is as good as they say.
The graphics are beautiful and there's a good sense of humor, I also like how you travel for adventures... But there stops the fun for me. The puzzles are usually very tedious (pixel hunting in a pitch black room, or slowly wandering around a giant space to solve an obscure puzzle isnt my idea of fun), they are usually boring to solve, or absurd in their resolution. The story hasnt drawn me in either. I know it's not very fair to judge this game by today standards, but neither is doing it with nostalgic eyes.
One of the best adventure point and clicks I´ve played. I disagree with other people saying the puzzles are easy. Some of them are, others are pretty good mechanically. Although none of them are really hard I felt them right, not breaking the illusion of "it being a game". The story is interesting and the music and voice acting is nice as well. I didnt expect it to be so good as people say but it is.
