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4 people found this review helpful
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13.3 hrs on record
Fun at first, but slowly the story turns more and more mediocre. And the bartending is just a gimmick, it has pretty much 0 relevance to the game and gets a bit annoying. OST and artwork is great, though.
Posted 28 June, 2023. Last edited 28 June, 2023.
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12 people found this review helpful
23.9 hrs on record
I would give this game an easy 9/10

Positives:

Great price for the size of the game. A single playthrough in normal difficulty will take around 15-25 hours, and there is some level of replayability if you want to find other endings and with a different class.
Amazing OST, it really fits the atmosphere and was very enjoyable
It can be very rewarding for the more observant players, as there will be some events or interactions where you can really mess up and lock yourself out of interesting storylines if you weren't paying attention.
Active dev in the community forum
A VERY wide diversity of endings, not just for the main character but for side characters, locations and storylines.
Easily one of the best games I've ever played, I'll be sure to be on the lookout for games in this style or by this developer in the future.

Negatives:

You'll probably have to save-scum a bit at one point or another. Either you'll run into a big cat and lose all your life, hunger and armor or you'll make a trip somewhere only to realize that the trip was useless and you've lost half a day, or you'll fail a quest because now you can't get to were you neeeded to be in time. Without a bit of save-scumming your first playthrough will have some very annoying parts, and you'll probably have to play the game again to get a resolution to all the main storylines. Obviously save-scumming isn't the end of the world and it's a nice way to change the difficulty, but if you end up abusing it too much it really takes away a lot from the story.

The diversity in the game can be a little excessive at times considering the setting. There are gay, lesbian and bisexuals individuals, a polyamorous couple and even a nonbinary person. If this were Cyberpunk 2077 or a game in a setting where that makes more sense then it won't break your suspension of disbelief, but in a game that has a very medieval setting it absolutely takes you out of the setting. Maybe if it were addressed directly or involved in the story, e.g. the main religion in the game opposes these beliefs but the pagans are accepting of them (so it becomes another plot point in the game) or vice versa, it would be less noticeable and wouldn't break the player's immersion, but as it stands it did end up doing that a lot. However, the way that diversity was added was the correct way. Instead of it being something that you immediately discover about a person (which can end up feeling like forced inclusivity with no purpose other than pandering), their diverse sexual preferences were usually something you'll only discover after talking to them for a bit, and the way it was mentioned was very natural and logical and did not feel forced. So maybe the setting wasn't the best for this kind of inclusivity and it could have been integrated into the story to make it more reasonable, but at least it never felt very forced, just a bit jarring at times.

The pace falls a little bit halfway through the game and it occasionally feels like a little bit of a struggle to continue, but it picks back up. Or maybe I only felt that because I completed it in two sessions so I just got tired halfway through, who knows.

Occasionally you will make decisions that seem very small but will actually completely affect the ending that you get, which can be a little unexpected. This one is less of a con and more of an in-between, as it leads to interesting and unexpected endings but can sometimes lock you out of desired endings simply because of a small decision that you made much earlier on.
Posted 14 May, 2023. Last edited 29 March, 2024.
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