Only barely scratched the surface on this one, but I can already tell it's a very interesting and unique game. This will not be for people who are looking for a "typical" game, rather for people interested in a unique story/narrative based game: you play as a russian nun in an alternate XIX universe after all... Are you ready to go on a simple journey that touches on all the religious stuff?

It's 3D and 3rd person and mostly involves the traversal and puzzle elements, whilst having dialogue and narration infusing the negative space with thought provoking mostly religious stuff. You see, Indika is a "troubled (no spoilers here...)" nun and the game absolutely lets you live that. And also the game has some "gamified" elements which makes it weird and clashing with the other stuff, but strangely it works and it gets more intriguing because of that? Definitely intriguing.

The graphics are quite good for a seemingly AA game: quite good lighting in particular and no major issues other than some AA jank with animations - this is not a AAAA polished game, but totally nice looking, not that demanding on your system (btw nice settings menu), and bug free at launch (omg, that's a miracle right there on this day and age).

In particular, I'm struck with the simply "standing" animations for the main character: she looks down and fidgets with her hands and fingernails and rosemary in a very expressive way. They capture that very well for a kind of an AA game, and the visual character design and also voice acting performance supports that all the way. Again, for an AA type game, I'm impressed with the result of bringing the character to life.

I'm so glad stuff like this is still possible: unique games that go shoulder to shoulder with the usual commercial stuff. Even if the polish isn't quite to the same AAA-console level, the originality alone brings life to the player.

Only barely scratched the surface on this one, but I can already tell it's a very interesting and unique game. This will not be for people who are looking for a "typical" game, rather for people interested in a unique story/narrative based game: you play as a russian nun in an alternate XIX universe after all... Are you ready to go on a simple journey that touches on all the religious stuff? It's 3D and 3rd person and mostly involves the traversal and puzzle elements, whilst having dialogue and narration infusing the negative space with thought provoking mostly religious stuff. You see, Indika is a "troubled (no spoilers here...)" nun and the game absolutely lets you live that. And also the game has some "gamified" elements which makes it weird and clashing with the other stuff, but strangely it works and it gets more intriguing because of that? Definitely intriguing. The graphics are quite good for a seemingly AA game: quite good lighting in particular and no major issues other than some AA jank with animations - this is not a AAAA polished game, but totally nice looking, not that demanding on your system (btw nice settings menu), and bug free at launch (omg, that's a miracle right there on this day and age). In particular, I'm struck with the simply "standing" animations for the main character: she looks down and fidgets with her hands and fingernails and rosemary in a very expressive way. They capture that very well for a kind of an AA game, and the visual character design and also voice acting performance supports that all the way. Again, for an AA type game, I'm impressed with the result of bringing the character to life. I'm so glad stuff like this is still possible: unique games that go shoulder to shoulder with the usual commercial stuff. Even if the polish isn't quite to the same AAA-console level, the originality alone brings life to the player.