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Charming and engaging despite its limits, January 24, 2025

I found myself liking this one more than I expected - it took a moment to grasp the core mechanic in the second part of the game but once I did, I was delighted. The first part of the game has some parser/background fiddliness but it's nothing world-ending.

(Spoiler - click to show)The acting scenes thread a fine line between having everything cued to the player, leaving no room for experimentation, and leaving the player lost. The in-world conceit for not having a script works, a script definitely would have killed the fun. I did find that there wasn't much dramatic payoff to the 'right' choices. Not exactly a ratings win, I should think.

In the end I was left with a strong desire to experience more of these characters and this setting, and that's a great achievement.

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