Incredibly satisfying play. I found each civilization charming, bar the last. Countless thoughtful dev decisions, like how every time I reached for my physical notepad my protagonist would take the note themself. What a lovely experience, I'm not sure I've ever felt so intuited. The above is supported by a beautiful visual style and fixed camera compositions, fortified by an impactful score.

The only significant complaint I have is achieving the true ending, I love the idea of the inter-language translation puzzles found within each warp point, but the lack of a way to see the meaning of all your completed glyphs at once via a toggle or something of the like made these feel like pulling teeth. It's a slap in the face that the game expects me to individually hover over every glyph as I attempt to craft phrases, that aspirationally should feel the opposite. Especially when solving for the Bards whose sentence structure is a bit juggled and often takes some tries (for me at least). This problem confuses me, considering essentially every other decision in the game felt more player-friendly than anything I've played, how did this one slip through the cracks?

Nonetheless, I still had a great time and will happily recommend this to any puzzle game enjoyers.