A great time-loop detective game which manages to stay interesting, build on things you know in a logical fashion and provide quite a good chunk of cultural insight into classical-era customs and mythology

The writing and delivery of the dialogue really are the Maxime Pretiosum Histriones here, with every single person feeling like their own entity and the voice actors manage do a great job at giving life to each character which allows you to look past the cold dead eyes that stare back into your soul. And to be fair, any graphical hitches and animation quality issues can be forgiven when you look at the whole and realise that this started as a mod for Skyrim, with this final product being made by a dev team of three.

There are a few conversations that don't flow naturally and feel repetitive, though ironically not due to the looping mechanic - some characters just have replies which they repeat or are too similar to other things they've already said - but overall the game is pretty good at not wasting your time with things you've already learned on a previous cycle and has a handy shortcut system to get you back to where you were at the start of a new one. Really looking forward to seeing what Modern Storyteller are able to do next.

Reviewed on Dec 19, 2021


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