Nocturne is a product of its time and a timeless masterpiece at the same time. The dungeons give you a headache and the random encounter rate hurts sometimes, but the atmosphere, demon designs and graphics (especially for 2004) are great.

Reasons are better than alignment for me because alignments are very much “This one is evil this one nice”, while Reasons have a more varied alignment that the usual. And Nocturne having multiple endings is much better than for example SMT IV’s three basic endings.

If anyone tells you video games can't be art, make them play this game.

I haven't even finished half of it and it by far has exceeded the expectations of any video game I have ever played. The level design is a work of art. At every corner you feel lost and confused yet, somehow, you are always on the right track. The rollercoaster-linearity of the world allows you to follow the narrative so closely while enjoying every secret it has to offer. The excitement from the writers and coders of HL2 shine throughout their own play with the physics THEY created, an experience blind to any book or movie or tv show (in the sense that it is a new world completely given to you requiring no imagination at all? (in a good way!!)). The music is transparent and blends seamlessly into your vision. I can't even begin to dissect the political nuance of its plot as I know nothing about politics but you can feel the irreparable hierarchy the characters in this play are confronted with. Gordon is a hot asf too