This review is augmented, too!

I really enjoyed the voice over work and the overall atmosphere set in the game. I'm not particularly familiar with Northern European folklore but I know enough to understand where it comes from. I enjoyed the tightness of the world it created along with the exposure and explanation of the universe it's set in without being too in your face. I liked the rural aspect of it as well that adds to what I just mentioned. I liked the characters and voice acting. I did feel as if certain things were not totally polished in terms of dubbing, since I guess it was created in some European language that's not English. I enjoyed the moral dilemmas and how the choices affected the course of certain actions. The puzzles were quite entertaining and challenging. I found myself stuck at least a few times even thought some answers were much simpler than what I expected. The NPCs were quite interesting and it was nice to be able to have them all offer information about each other. I enjoyed the retro point and click adventure look, polished just enough, along with the steampunk feeling of the technology.

There's a ton to like and that I did like here. It presents itself as a more modern take on the genre with associated QoL features and design sensibilities, but it's all skin deep. Underneath it still does all the same old BS the golden age games did lol. The atmosphere is moody and cool, voice acting is largely solid and the script is good. It has a really strong start gameflow-wise, but then the "exploration" and "puzzles" start and that "old school point and click" stuff rears its ugly head and before you know it you're just clicking on anything and using anything on anything so ANYTHING will happen at all and you'll forget what the heck the point of it even was when you started. But hey, some people like that kinda thing so power to 'em I guess.