It's rare that I quit a game in the middle once I've decided to give it a try. But, so it goes.

The writing is very good, but I would rather read the novel than play through this annoyance.

In its feel it's very much a board game. Move from one square to the next, roll dice, and accumulate resources. The "quests" involve you finding and spending certain kinds of resources. This loop is mind-numbingly boring. The graphics are minimal, and the UI could not be less appealing. It's the kind of gameplay you would expect from a game that comes with a Windows 95 install.

I tried. I really tried. But when I finally ran out of resources and started losing patiently-won skill points I felt that I had endured enough.

It's rare that I quit a game in the middle once I've decided to give it a try. But, so it goes. The writing is very good, but I would rather read the novel than play through this annoyance. In its feel it's very much a board game. Move from one square to the next, roll dice, and accumulate resources. The "quests" involve you finding and spending certain kinds of resources. This loop is mind-numbingly boring. The graphics are minimal, and the UI could not be less appealing. It's the kind of gameplay you would expect from a game that comes with a Windows 95 install. I tried. I really tried. But when I finally ran out of resources and started losing patiently-won skill points I felt that I had endured enough.