Excellent idea, original world, an interesting plot, real conflict.
the game puts you in front of a couple genuinely hard moral dilemmas.
RPG system is simple but provides a lot of depth both in and outside of combat
Your main character has a flow of pride, which is used as a persuasion mechanic, in some situations you will need to be prideful to stand your ground, in other scenarios your pride will stop you from making smart decisions. the system has a lot of depth and made me stop and consider my actions often.
Combat can be genuinely tricky, I played most turn-based rpges in my life, and I find them boring and easy these days, however, the uniqueness of systems in Thaumaturge made me scratch my head and lose 5 battles during the campaign not counting genuinely tricky final fight. This is the first time in years that I had to think so much during combat, and I loved it!
The start of the 20th century was a genuinely interesting time of strife, and conflict and awakened national identity. Warsaw was truly a melting pot, of religions, identities, dogma and politics The political concepts of imperialism, unity, just rebellion, the first steps of feminism and many more are all present and provide an interesting backdrop to the game.
I cannot recommend this game hard enough! Definitive must buy
the only 2 drawbacks I can think of, are the lack of Polish dub, and very very limited interaction with the saloutors' mystical spirits of the game which I was hoping would be a bigger part of the game than it actually is.