I adored the studio's previous game, THE MESSENGER, so I was keen to back this on KS. It's beautiful, sounds great, but damn is it lacking in the story and writing. There's nothing new here plotwise, which would be fine if it weren't for Garl. I found him so insanely annoying that it was honestly a struggle to continue once he joined the party.


Got a bit over halfway through (Autumn Hills, which just reminded me how great The Messenger is) before coming to terms with the fact that the battle system wasn't going to get any more interesting, nearly every cutscene featuringGarl being Garl repelled me, and it was time to hang it up.

Beautifully rendered, lovely soundtracks, repellent character. A damn good effort considering their first game was a great riff on Ninja Gaiden!