I adore this game. My first impressions were that the tone was cool but the graphics were kiddy groddy. I know not every indie game can look like Sea of Stars, but beyond the level of detail the actual style turned me off. However about 2 hours into the game I did a 180 and ended up being charmed by the art style.
The characters, writing, and story were all great imo. It takes the tropey story of a quest to kill a god and puts a unique spin on it. You are rodents and the "gods" are humans. The rodent society was interesting to learn about, you can tell the writer was interested in political philosophy. At one point I was surprised to find myself in a debate with a fascist about how egalitarianism is equally as fascist as fascism. Needless to say, this game does have some communist/liberal ideology.
If you have a problem with trans people then this is not the game for you. Many characters are gay/nonbinary/what-have-you. In that regard the moral of sexual freedom does seem pretty heavy-handed and forced. But hey, I was down with it. The dialogue is very well written, humorous, charming, etc. Some people may scoff at modern slang being used but I didn't. For example, there is an asshole dictator who is smoking an e-cig and says the word "cringe" and his lackey say "lol." However, you are not supposed to like them. So, mission accomplished.
The tone is so unique. Idk where this takes place exactly but perhaps Wales? The world map looks like a medieval map complete with crests representing places. One of the characters has a pretty thick accent (portrayed by the writing, it is not voiced), I am guessing Scottish.
The gameplay is pretty simplistic and easy. That is my only fault of the game is that a lot of the battles seem pretty trivial. I literally never died, not a single member of my party KOed or even came close to it. You don't level up by experience, you do so by completing story events and a few side quests. So, this could have easily been tuned to be a tad more challenging. I should mention that I actually don't even like difficult games but there still must be some tension in fights. The game is about 9 hours long if you do everything (which I did) and the bosses can be killed quite quickly until 7 hours in but even then it is because they are damage sponges.
I really enjoyed my time with this game. The pacing was great, the length was great, I felt fully satisfied like I had gone on an epic JRPG journey in a fraction of the time. Would highly recommend if this sounds at all interesting to you.
The characters, writing, and story were all great imo. It takes the tropey story of a quest to kill a god and puts a unique spin on it. You are rodents and the "gods" are humans. The rodent society was interesting to learn about, you can tell the writer was interested in political philosophy. At one point I was surprised to find myself in a debate with a fascist about how egalitarianism is equally as fascist as fascism. Needless to say, this game does have some communist/liberal ideology.
If you have a problem with trans people then this is not the game for you. Many characters are gay/nonbinary/what-have-you. In that regard the moral of sexual freedom does seem pretty heavy-handed and forced. But hey, I was down with it. The dialogue is very well written, humorous, charming, etc. Some people may scoff at modern slang being used but I didn't. For example, there is an asshole dictator who is smoking an e-cig and says the word "cringe" and his lackey say "lol." However, you are not supposed to like them. So, mission accomplished.
The tone is so unique. Idk where this takes place exactly but perhaps Wales? The world map looks like a medieval map complete with crests representing places. One of the characters has a pretty thick accent (portrayed by the writing, it is not voiced), I am guessing Scottish.
The gameplay is pretty simplistic and easy. That is my only fault of the game is that a lot of the battles seem pretty trivial. I literally never died, not a single member of my party KOed or even came close to it. You don't level up by experience, you do so by completing story events and a few side quests. So, this could have easily been tuned to be a tad more challenging. I should mention that I actually don't even like difficult games but there still must be some tension in fights. The game is about 9 hours long if you do everything (which I did) and the bosses can be killed quite quickly until 7 hours in but even then it is because they are damage sponges.
I really enjoyed my time with this game. The pacing was great, the length was great, I felt fully satisfied like I had gone on an epic JRPG journey in a fraction of the time. Would highly recommend if this sounds at all interesting to you.