This was a fun adventure game not too dissimilar in style to The Outer Wilds. However instead of outer space, it's ancient Rome. Speak to various NPC's to get information on where you are and their various comings and goings in order to stop a cataclysmic event from killing everyone.

Some of the characters I found to be quite endearing, and some I would've been happy to let them perish. The action sections took me by surprise as this felt quite chilled until they popped up.

There's a few different endings as well. I've unlocked 2 of them, one of which was the 'canon' ending, and actually really nice, it felt like a good reward for my hard work.

There's quite a learning curve, as deciphering the rules and what you can interact with and do in the game can result in disaster if you get it wrong, so there is a bit of a stressful edge to it at times. It took a while for it to really get going for me as well, as there was quite a lot of character interaction and exposition to get through before it really opened up for me. But otherwise, I totally recommend giving this a go, especially as it's on Gamepass. If you dug Outer Wilds, you'll probably dig this too.

Reviewed on Dec 01, 2021


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