Full disclosure, I played this game with a friend closeby where we both voice acted and turned in game VA to classic so we had more room to do so, he also sorta acted as a thinking aid for me when I didn't get something.

I adore this game, it turned me on to hardline dialogue only role playing videogames entirely, and the whole esthetic and framing devices employed here are...mwah, chefs kiss, there are so many moments and characters I will never forget, and so many moments where I felt like I was deep in character yet knew exactly what to say!

Yeah that's another thing! I usually dont like these kinds of games because the main character is built to be such a stand in for the player, and while The Detective is definitely a conduit for the player to interact with the world, I definitely felt like I was encouraged to play the game thinking in a new way. It was less thinking about "what would I do in this situation" and more "ok what would THIS guy do in this situation, what do I want HIM to do" which is so far my favorite way a game can handle a protagonist in this fashion.

I am sure if I were to dig hard enough into this game I would have issues, but I feel like I am pretty secure in saying this is my favorite RPG of all time...so far, like I said I haven't played a lot haha.

Reviewed on Sep 27, 2022


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