I finished every path this game has to offer, including killing off the main character, and it took me 11 minutes. Those eleven minutes were packed to the brim with the most gripping storytelling to come out of a game. The decisions you make heavily affect how the narrative progresses, and each is a justifiable decision that these two lovers could make. Do you talk your way out of the situation you are found in, bringing up an obscure law to justify your love? Do you fake suicide to fool the attackers? Or do you fight your way out of the situation, ending their lives to preserve yours? I suspect most new players will pick the latter option and later return to the other routes. This turns the otherwise evil soldiers into tragic victims of circumstance; they were simply following the orders of their generals in a needless war that they were likely conscripted into. This depth of choice really puts you in the shoes of the main character. I was so immersed in his plight that by the end of my final playthrough, I imagined I was in the embrace of his lover.

Peak Fiction. Ten Out Of Ten.