"May you find your book in this place." Roland, a low-grade Fixer from a location known only as the City, one day finds himself transported into the foyer of the titular Library, a mysterious location filled with books on any subject one could think of. He soon meets the Head Librarian Angela, and after a brief scuffle, she decides to spare him and recruits him to be her guide on the outside world. Angela has a strange way of going about it though, as she sends out calling cards called Invitations to ask people to come to the Library and gives them a choice in whether they accept or decline. If the guests accept, they must survive mortal combat against the Librarians that guard the building; if they win, they can take any book they want. If they lose, they will become a book themselves. All of this is in service to Angela's goal — gaining the one "perfect" book that can make her into a human.
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Why should I begrudge it, since during the hours when my soul crushed the depths of my heart, it was seated there beside me?
O sorrow, I have ended, you see, by respecting you, because I am certain you will never leave me.
Ah! I realize it: your beauty lies in the force of your being. You are like those who never left the sad fireside corner of my poor black heart.
O my sorrow, you are better than a well-beloved: because I know that on the day of my final agony, you will be there, lying in my sheets, O sorrow, so that you might once again attempt to enter my heart.
Characters, Music, Combat- Everything I found nearly perfect, and the ending struck deeply into my heart the first time I've completed it.
This is one of my favourite videogame of all times, if anything, if you love classic literature and things such as that, this game does plenty- And I find them particularly interesting reiterations.
My only critcism however is that I feel like the pacing can sometimes feel like a Regular Show episode, and the grinding... Oh, the grinding is awful. I did not personally find losing books upon a reception loss to be particularly fun, but those are my sole problems with the game. The game is a work of art, and deserves more love.