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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 3.4 hrs on record (0.7 hrs at review time)
Posted: Mar 2, 2014 @ 11:02am

The Yawhg is absolutely beautiful for what it is, and it's a lot of fun, however, I really can't recommend it. It feels like a demo, or the introduction to a larger game. The entire game plays out like the character creation for a game that never happens. You spend six weeks making decisions that shape and define your character, each one including a small flavor text choice that lets you deepen your character choices, and then, when it feels like the game should be starting for real, all you do is pick a profession and see how good your character is at that profession.

I wanted to be a part of this world, I wanted to take my character out, to play a game with them. Who doesn't want that? This game is maybe worth a dollar. I wont say that I feel cheated, because I truly savor and enjoy the narrative, and the very novelty of a cooperative choose your own adventure experience was just enough to make me feel like at least I had gotten something interesting and beautiful, if lacking, but I would not recommend this for every gamer.

Be very aware, this game is extremely content light, and there is no campaign. Once your character is created after six weeks of character creation choices, that's the end of it. I really crave more, and am very disappointed in how little is here.
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5 Comments
Mert Aug 23, 2020 @ 9:25pm 
Damn... thanks for the review, this is what I was afraid of. It definitely looks like I'd enjoy it, and yearn for more...
TARTrazine Nov 17, 2014 @ 9:00am 
"The entire game plays out like the character creation for a game that never happens." That's the perfect way to describe this game. If you haven't already played it, check out King of Dragon Pass (not on Steam, sadly) for a choose-your-own-adventure style game that's much meatier.
Kittyjingles Aug 3, 2014 @ 11:20pm 
I feel you may have missed the point of the game. It's about what you do with the time you have left to maybe hold off if not wholly avoid a somewhat apocolyptic event. If any thing this game would have worked as well as a card based table top game to be played in quick round bursts. much like "ninja burger", or 'Gloom". But instead of one player winning its about if the team wins and what winning or losing will do to said characters which by the end have been fleshed out by the player(s). The game is very much more the journey that comes from each playthrough, which does roll alot of variables into what outcomes for each turn happen. But that being said i do agree that this may not be for every one, those expecting a much more action based game or a lengthier time with the characters that one spent building will be at a loss. cont...
Ursa Major Jul 1, 2014 @ 8:50pm 
Same here :D
Ivandra Ceruden Jun 26, 2014 @ 8:01am 
I have to agree with you on your review. It's a funny little game, but I also felt there was content lacking. And it's WAY too short. Definitely not worth the full price.