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Technophobe and mechanically flawed

This game gets an additional star for being beautiful to look at and for exceptionally good sound (not necessarily voiceovers however). Otherwise, I would have rated it with two stars only. Why? 1. The story is told, as opposed to other comments, in my opinion in not particularly well written dialogue. The diaries to be found everywhere are partially believable, but the dialogue? No, these are not people talking, these are concepts and stereotypes given the form of fake dialogue. 2. Immersion breaking by voicing exaggerated emotions through the protagonist. Maybe I find other things horrifying or interesting than the protagonist does. His moans and sobs and comments come at other places than mine would have - why have his opinion forced on me instead of letting me feel on my own? 3. It's completely morally black and white, with maybe the exception of Te'ah's motivation. And the black on this moral compass is science and research: All the "helping humanity" patina in the diaries of the non-completely-sociopathic personnel is so obviously fake that the writers apparently didn't even bother to try and make the scientists' motivation believable. Also: no scientific methodology visible anywhere, and the puzzels themselves often show a distinct lack of research on the devs' part. If truly interested or professional in medicine, biology or chemistry, best stay clear of this game in order to avoid frustration. 4. Lack of polish: The interface is clunky at best, and sometimes ceases to work. Under certain circumstances, the inventory (quantum storage device) shows up as empty, and the "eye" and "interact" mouse cursor cause no mouse over texts after reloading at times. 5. Puzzle logic and lack of interactive hints: There was only one instance where I got a helpful comment from the protagonist when attempting to solve a puzzle in an "incomplete" way. Mostly it consits of hoping to catch every single item in the room, then try to combinine everything with everything.

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Pillars of Eternity: Royal Edition
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