Recent reviews by nessiehaze

I have not played multiplayer yet. The singleplayer campaigns, however, are so bug-riddled that it's not worth your time at the moment. The developers apparently have yet to figure out how to release patches in 2023 that don't disable manual saves. If you manually save your game mid-mission, new patches will disable your save games.

Very solid game, overall. Story is *okay*. Exploration is *okay*. Graphics are very pretty and nothing more. Side quests can be boring at times. The world itself is the draw here. If you grew up with this universe or you're looking for something immersive, this is a great choice.

Enjoyed this one quite a bit. Exploration and feeling of journeying was great.

Fun continuation of story.

Feels outdated at this point but still a fun experience.

Spent 62 hours playing. Lost two crucial battles near Gettysburg and the Union decided to relieve me as General out of fear we would lose the war. Kind of amazing though.

Really excellent game. Very accessible and the ease of strategical maneuvers is a joy. Graphics are pretty good when looking at the entire map, which is what I am using the majority of the time.

I do not recommend this game, even for free. It's incredibly dull and the boredom is excruciating. I can appreciate what the developers were going for, but the plot "twist" was so forced and could be seen way ahead of time. The puzzles are easy and unsatisfying. The voice acting was decent but the dialogue was written poorly. The visuals were extremely grainy.

I don't mean to be so harsh as I think it's apparent that the developer put in a lot of work to do this and I will admit that the game at least is a full experience with little hiccups. It's just one of those games that, as a completionist, I felt compelled to finish it although I just couldn't wait for it to be over.

I do not typically enjoy point/click games, but the confident dialogue and complexity in your speech choices is just phenomenal. The story itself is quite unique and interesting, and you will especially enjoy if you like political commentary. I loved that a lot of the conflict in the speech presented itself within the main character's own mind.

It's surprising that quite a few people finished this game in such a short time; I did everything I possibly could, yet still did not finish absolutely everything. Do yourself a favor and really try to explore and talk to people, this game is so rich with lore and heavily atmospheric. I thought the voice-acting was terrible and again am surprised that it was considered a pro by so many reviews. It is really, really, terrible. Fortunately it was scarce and most dialogue was just text.

I'll start off by stating that I do recommend the game simply since the audio, visuals, and atmosphere are fantastic. The storytelling is good, however the latter portion wasn't. Combat is terrible, clunky, but forgivable since I don't think it's the main focus here. The "puzzles" are a serious drag; I found myself becoming so bored and looking forward to finishing each area just to advance the story. At times I considered ending my playtime altogether.

That being said, this game was seriously over-hyped. Perhaps this is my fault for allowing my expectation to be set so high, but the praise and hype this received was just not warranted. The story was so-so, the audio was done quite well but the praise of it was greatly exaggerated. I've read people claiming that they had to keep looking behind them(in real life) while playing because the voices you hear were so convincing. This is absurd. Don't get me wrong, the audio served the game and story well and added to the atmosphere but did not go beyond that.

Keep this in mind before you play and you hopefully won't be left a bit disappointed as I was. Still, I don't regret my time playing and look forward to the sequel although I will temper my expectations for it.