Beautiful. Emotional. Philosophical. Original.

The level of maturity that went into the story, the writing, the characters, the voice acting, and even the little notes you find are next level. I chose the resurrection path and appreciated how the developers handled the interactions leading up to the final outcome. Aside from dealing with morality of your choices, and death/grief/life - I think the game does a great job introducing the hardships of people starting a new life in a "new world", and what kind of things it can bring out in them.

Mechanically, I loved switching between Antea/Red. I thought the bosses were very unique & I enjoyed those battles.

Though it did not deter me - the game would have been even better if there was less repetitive combat, less grindy "puzzles", and more open world exploration. I think the studio would do well if they did a partnership with folks who are more experienced in the combat/puzzles delivery.

Thank you for making it, and look forward to more Don't Nod games!

I've read a few comments calling this game "woke" and has an agenda, in my opinion its really not that bad. Yes the main characters are an interracial couple, there are a few points where racism is mentioned but it seems relevant. Also there are LGBT people/couples in this game but you do not know that until someone talks or makes a reference to it.

The story is very good but I did find it dragged on a little towards the end but I think that was just me constantly playing the game and I burnt out a little but it was only because I was desperate to reach the end (in a good way). I stuck to mostly the same type of choices for most scenarios, because I wanted a specific ending but I could see how I would have had a hard time choosing certain outcomes had I not already made the oath. The characters are well written and the voice acting is fantastic, the chemistry between the main characters feels real and I enjoyed the banter they have.

Now for the combat, if you play on a lower difficulty then you can play the game however you want. I found the switching between characters to be seamless and enjoyable especially once you get further down the skill trees. In my opinion the combat is okay but can become tedious and repetitive if you subscribe to certain builds. However, I did play the game on normal but I found there to be just the right amount of challenge in it for a casual gamer like myself. If you are a hardcore gamer than you would probably have no trouble using the OP builds and just getting good at the mechanics.

TL;DR; Good story and well written characters, not that woke or pushing an agenda and enjoyable enough to warrant me to keep playing. Combat is okay but repetitive if you play certain builds to "cheese" the enemies, but nice swapping between characters. Multiple endings which is a bonus for me.

Horror and love, love and horror… be still my beating heart <3

Two lovers banishing ghosts together… where do I sign up?

Everything about this game feels so balanced. Between the story, fighting, exploring, gathering resources and finding clues to solve haunting cases. It all just flows together flawlessly.

There is a dark and somber tone, from the atmosphere to the music. Great main characters and voice acting. The writing is so engaging and has depth. It runs great on the deck. Excited to see where it goes :D

“I shall not wish you luck, I wish you salvation”

What a completely underrated game!!

This story made me tear up at multiple points. What a masterfully emotional game. I loved getting to know the people of New Eden. Figuring out the truth. Learning their stories. The lore is fascinating. The combat is fun and fast paced. The ending felt satisfying. So many amazing npcs. I really got caught up in Red and Antea's love story.

Awesomly sad

Very boring and lazy game design. Small dev teams should not try to create big open-world-like games with minimum budget. Create something more focused and gamers will love and buy it even if game is short

An [Okay] RPG game with choices and a pretend-to-be detective vibe, with great graphics that are on par with 2024 yet the visual landscapes are too realistic and ordinal, nothing rememberable or special. Has a good story but non-lasting gameplay and gameplay/flow is really slow in all aspects.

The prolog is long af, and the first starter mission is also quite long, like solid 2-3 hours long. This becomes really slow and probably is where the majority would fall off because it does not ramp up, it remains slow.

The main story is good but there's an issue with it. They pretend she is truly innocent while she did "shelter" a real witch, yeah she aint one but she knew who was one and died for it, in the eyes of small folk witches are real and bad because they are real, they get blamed for being bad yet nonetheless, she was not fully innocent.
And the side story flow is terrible, while the majority of the quests have the same plot -> someone has done something objectively horrible -> is haunted for it -> forgive or kill them, that's around 70% of all quests, including the main one. The exploration and traveling are not interesting enough to spent so much time running from A to B to A to C to A.

The side quest and story have the biggest flaw of all detective games where you are not actually a detective, you follow a linear discovery of clues and are fed with the whole plot through it, not having to think or deduce or wonder if you about to murder or forgive a lying murderer is not that fun.

The exploration has the biggest issue, it is treated as it is fun to run around while it aint, it is for the first quarter of the game, but then falls off as it's just the same, in fact, all of the game stays the same after around a quarter of it, you do get new skills but that doesn't really shake things up. One of the main issues with exploration is that random "Metroidvania" elements, which does not fit the style/gameplay; this pass is blocked, come back later after you unlock the game. The first major unlock is about at 33% of the game, and the third is around 60%, so you are either faced with rushing the main story to get those unlocks and explore freely or face the disappointment of realizing you cannot go there now, come back later when you have no more reason to be here as you have completed the side quest that sent you here, which is simply disappointing.

Combat variety is lackluster, with not much variety in enemies or enemy types, it gets boring after a few hours, and if you start doing quite long sidequests you are just repeating the same combat and same exploration patterns for hours, with non-impactful rewards. The one good part of it was the random affixes on "activity" that had a basic melee/lunge/parry/range or one of the abilities does more damage, so you change your playstyle for it.

Gearing is somewhat okay but is very simple and lacks any complexity, you pick the gear with the stats you want, you gather the resource on your way to a mission, you upgrade to increase stats, and that's it. Skill upgrade choices felt unimpactful as well.

Overall, it's way too slow, way way too slow, nothing is captivating, neither the gameplay nor exploration, story choices are the only good part yet they have no consequence on you, and 90% of side quests are not worth it. If you pick this up, I'd recommend focusing on the main story only, forgetting about everything else.

gg!

As someone else already said it, the game is "Beautiful. Emotional. Philosophical. Original."
Couldn't have said it better. An exceptional game !
Regarding its technical aspects, at the time of the review (almost 19 hrs. in), the game ran flawlessly so far.
Fully worth its price ! A gem of a game.

THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE GAMES LIKE THIS , EXCELLENT GAME BRILLIANT GRAPHICS BUT IT HAS LEFT ME WANTING MORE SO VERY MUCH MORE. DON'T STOP NOW WE NEED MORE STORIES AND A SEQUEL