Pretty good overall but there were a few too many annoying things about it for me to be fully whisked away by the stories, setting and people you meet along the way

Navigating through the menus on a controller was a bit of a chore and speaking of UI, following the dialogue and stories wasn't a great experience and came through a bit 'wall of text-y', requiring some passages to be re-read before working out who said what. Also towards the end of the game it felt like I was just waiting around a lot with nothing to really do until certain timers expired on other events. This is partially due to how easy the game becomes once you have a few upgrades under your belt, including one where you can reroll all your remaining dice at any point once per cycle which kind of trivialises the checks.

On a more positive note, the stories themselves were engaging, introducing you to interesting characters and scenarios. And there was a nice 'just one more turn' feeling (at least until around two thirds in) to see where things progressed with each action I performed and how it would affect various story arcs. The game hooks you in at the beginning really well too, putting you under some time constraints making you feel like you have to choices on what avenues to go down really matter, an illusion which does unfortunately evaporate as time progresses.

Reviewed on Jul 27, 2022


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