For all of its mid-to-late game inventiveness, Inscryption never manages to live past its absolutely perfect first act. What this means is, even if as a work of art it becomes more interesting to ruminate on, the whole thing feels absolutely deflated from a mechanical standpoint way before the credits roll. It just becomes dull and a tad too lifeless. I expected this sort of subversive approach to be right up my alley, but sadly it just wasn't meant to be.