TL;DR; Goetia is an underrated, story-rich point&click that avoid many pitfalls of the genre while providing memorable story, as long as you’ve made the choice to invest in the story.
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For the price, it’s excellent. When in promotion: basically a steal.
However, I need to emphasize this: if you do invest in the story, read everything, take actual notes, this is a very nice and well-crafted game (with few exceptions). If you play without intellectual efforts: you’ll probably fell the puzzles makes no sense.
Pros:
- Very nice atmosphere and visuals
- Compelling story
- Devs/Designers attention to details is impressive
- Some puzzles feels very good to solve
- Puzzles mostly makes sense regarding the context, no stupid unrelated things (exceptions below)
- No inventory = not too much stupid tries all objects on everything
Cons:
- I found three puzzles are unfair: stars watching, the wood path quest (wtf?) and the last diagram. I suggest you check solutions quickly after trying.
- We don't SEE or HEAR enough demons. So frustrating. :(
- UI to check the already-found clues is weak.
- At some point in the game, a map would have been appreciated.