Wow. Picked this up on a whim after hearing smatterings of praise from people I trust and was pleasantly surprised with what I found here. It's hard to go into details about why I enjoyed it without spoiling certain things but suffice it to say I was thrilled to find a modern adventure game with an engaging narrative and great cast of characters behind it.
The central mystery was well thought out and certainly kept me guessing as I pieced the puzzle together. The (canonical) ending was especially charming and really felt like I was rewarded for my efforts in a big way.
That being said, the addition of combat in the gameplay loop could have either been vastly improved or taken out completely as I didn't feel like it added anything and more often than not just felt like an excuse to spice things up as you're investigating and interrogating.
Sidenote - learning that this game was originally a Skyrim mod created by a former lawyer made a lot of things about this make sense in retrospect so major kudos to him and the rest of his team.
9/10
The central mystery was well thought out and certainly kept me guessing as I pieced the puzzle together. The (canonical) ending was especially charming and really felt like I was rewarded for my efforts in a big way.
That being said, the addition of combat in the gameplay loop could have either been vastly improved or taken out completely as I didn't feel like it added anything and more often than not just felt like an excuse to spice things up as you're investigating and interrogating.
Sidenote - learning that this game was originally a Skyrim mod created by a former lawyer made a lot of things about this make sense in retrospect so major kudos to him and the rest of his team.
9/10