I wanted to like this, I really did, but found out rather quickly after you are able to leave and re-enter the book that I'm just not having fun. Might be for some folks, but it's just not for me.

The art direction is phenomenal, the game sounds amazing, the concept is unique and very inspired... but it's just not fun. Feels very slow and the start takes quite awhile to get through, combat is bland and doesn't offer much, and overall while the whole mechanic of being able to leave the book and manipulate the pages is really a great idea, the game fails to capitalize on this concept in a meaningful way beyond leave book -> move to different part of book -> enter book again. On top of this the game feels the need to stop you in your tracks to toss dialogue at you almost constantly grinding the flow to a total standstill.

Wish it brought more to the table but what is here just isn't fun enough for me to want to keep going.

I wanted to like this, I really did, but found out rather quickly after you are able to leave and re-enter the book that I'm just not having fun. Might be for some folks, but it's just not for me. The art direction is phenomenal, the game sounds amazing, the concept is unique and very inspired... but it's just not fun. Feels very slow and the start takes quite awhile to get through, combat is bland and doesn't offer much, and overall while the whole mechanic of being able to leave the book and manipulate the pages is really a great idea, the game fails to capitalize on this concept in a meaningful way beyond leave book -> move to different part of book -> enter book again. On top of this the game feels the need to stop you in your tracks to toss dialogue at you almost constantly grinding the flow to a total standstill. Wish it brought more to the table but what is here just isn't fun enough for me to want to keep going.