This game is probably the closest I've ever come to feeling like I was playing a tabletop RPG with my friends while playing a computer game by myself. It evokes the same kind of feeling that King of Dragon Pass, or Six Ages do. For those of you who haven't played those games (since those who have will have already pressed Add to Cart, I'm sure) this is a game about creating stories.

It's about character growth. Not stat growth, but actual character growth. In my play-through one of my starting characters was a goofy farmhand at the outset. I didn't project that personality trait onto him, it's a statistically tracked thing. It said right on his character sheet "Goofy". After the death of his romantic interest (which was something I chose to have happen, in order to give the party a bunch of extra armour for the fight) he became "aloof". His character sheet no longer said "goofy". His dialogue changed. He was different now. He felt different. He felt more changed by the death of his love interest than he did by finding a magical fire-sword. That's uncommon in cRPGs in my experience, but it's what you'd expect in a tabletop game.

I can't recommend this game enough. I bought it on a whim when Steam's recommendation engine fed it to me, and I played for five hours straight afterwards. This one's a gem.

This game is probably the closest I've ever come to feeling like I was playing a tabletop RPG with my friends while playing a computer game by myself. It evokes the same kind of feeling that King of Dragon Pass, or Six Ages do. For those of you who haven't played those games (since those who have will have already pressed Add to Cart, I'm sure) this is a game about creating stories. It's about character growth. Not stat growth, but actual character growth. In my play-through one of my starting characters was a goofy farmhand at the outset. I didn't project that personality trait onto him, it's a statistically tracked thing. It said right on his character sheet "Goofy". After the death of his romantic interest (which was something I chose to have happen, in order to give the party a bunch of extra armour for the fight) he became "aloof". His character sheet no longer said "goofy". His dialogue changed. He was different now. He felt different. He felt more changed by the death of his love interest than he did by finding a magical fire-sword. That's uncommon in cRPGs in my experience, but it's what you'd expect in a tabletop game. I can't recommend this game enough. I bought it on a whim when Steam's recommendation engine fed it to me, and I played for five hours straight afterwards. This one's a gem.