Ingeniously conceived and beautifully laid out, the story condenses centuries of history into a murder mystery in a secluded rural town in the Alps. It's a well-researched history lecture, but is also relevant to our current society, calling on us to embrace our history, even the parts that we prefer to avert our eyes from. The art is gorgeous and features some of the most lovable kids in videogames. It is an unbelievably slow burn though. You need to push through the first two hours to get to the murder itself. A fast travel option or a VN interface would save a lot of time of backtracking. I'm just grateful that Microsoft, out of all companies, allowed this game to exist.