Despite leaving an outstanding first impression, the game just doesn't have enough, mechanically, to stay entertaining for as long as it lasts. Art direction is stylish, voice acting is great, writing is amusing, but the gameplay just starts feeling like a chore after few hours and it doesn't get any better. Mash the same skills in every encounter, mash the same names of bugs, mash the same names of fish, solve riddles, play extremely RNG card game, over and over and over again. Extremely repetitive and shallow. Even the dungeon crawling and treasure hunting feels like a chore because only reward you ever get from it is few extra letters, same letters that you can get by fishing/fighting. The game would be great if it was, like, 4-6 hours tops, but it just keeps dragging on and on.

The idea is great, but as the game is now, you might as well just play the demo and buy the soundtrack. This way you'll get to enjoy the best the game got on offer and support the developer without wasting your time. As of right now, according to achievements only 30% of the players made it to chapter 3. There're reasons for that.

I hope this game gets a sequel, but with proper gear, proper dungeon crawling, proper rewards, and combat system that can't be solved just by spamming same skills in every battle.

What do you mean "clever"?

Spent 30 minutes solving a riddle with 4 friends in voice chat, 10/10 would recommend again