![]() That being said, it's a game that explores human psychology, politics, and it's both genuinely funny and heartfelt. You have movement mechanics, dialogue trees, and character customization through skillpoints and equipment. It's a text heavy game, with great focus on narrative, no action, no tactics, no strategy, minimal resource management, no platforming, no combat, no racing. The skill checks are determined by die rolls + your character bonus + your equipment bonus. You have skillpoints to assign and skill challenges to confront, which your character will be better or worse fitted to succeed at depending on how you choose to build him. That whole thing would appear in a text box to one side of the screen while talking to an NPC, but only the parts in quotes would actually be voice acted. He looks at you with a mixture of disdain and confusion. Most of the reading is voiced, though it does do one annoying thing where, when you're talking to someone, you get a paragraph of prose text, but only the parts that are actually spoken are voiced. ![]() So yes, not much action and quit a bit of reading. Anything of consequence is handled via "skill checks" (that even roll dice like a pen and paper RPG.) If there's actual combat in the game, I didn't get far enough to see it, but I fully expect it would be turn-based if it happens at all. The game is more like a point and click in terms of gameplay. I fully intend to go back and try again later though.Īs for action vs reading, you are correct. There's no small amount of puking at the beginning of the game, for instance, and I was just getting over an illness myself, so I was more than acquainted with how disgusting that pukey feeling is. ![]() I love games that pull you in and make you feel the world the way the main character does, and this game does that very well, but I wasn't in a good frame of mind when I tried to play it. ![]() Really makes you see the world through his pathetic, desperate eyes. The game does a very good job of building the atmosphere and theme around that character. The main character is a burnt out cop dealing with depression and drug addition. Not because it's a bad game - it's very good - but rather because it was too depressing for me to continue. I started playing this game and had to stop. ![]()
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