Sable is a beautiful game with a lot to love but it falls short of its full potential.

The strongest offering is the visuals and the world is a place that I loved to explore. The soundtrack beautifully accompanies the atmosphere and fans of Japanese Breakfast will enjoy this just as much. Quests are varied and at times formative creating a relaxing and enjoyable encounter.

Uniquely the game molds itself around your interests. The tasks that you decide to complete shape the path of your character and the lines blur between narrative and gameplay. There are hidden gems in the world with some of the quests hitting me in the feels and making me appreciative and sad about the whole theme of growing up. The writing is good almost everywhere which makes the story's emotional moments hard.

Despite all of that, the game is held back by myriad of bugs and performance issues and the game trying to punch above it's weight by adding a lot of ideas that never get brought to their fullest potiential.

Sable has a lot going for it but still feels a long way short of greatness.