Pyre is a good game, but feels experimental and prioritizes breadth over depth. So it's understandable Pyre has the lowest rating (compared with other Supergiant games) on both Steam (3% lower) and OpenCritic (2 score lower) and far lower total reviews on Steam.

It's true that Pyre has a branching story with lots of permutations. I don't even bother to read all possible outcomes for the casts. But there are some things I don't really like,
1. You may not know the character well enough before they are freed from exile.
2. It's great to see that there's no clear line between good or bad on outcome of your casts and some casts. But for better or worse, if you intentionally lose all battles, the ending is considerably more positive than I or you would imagine.
3. It's somewhat disappointing that the ending (that shows the outcome of our choice) is presented only using text.

The battle system is somewhat good. But it took some time until you have access to more characters, items and upgrades, which makes people assume the gameplay is shallow or only on mobile-game level. I don't feel much difficulty playing on easiest difficulty, but I think several casual or story-only players would find it's not easy or relaxing enough. Outside of the battle, all you can do are:

1. Choose one of the paths to the destination, which only has a little impact on the story.
2. Choose which enemy to fight.
3. Choose either finding resources, gaining shared buff or gaining EXP for one of the characters.

As expected, Pyre have superb art style, animation and soundtrack. I also appreciate the existence of native Linux and Mac OS version, where the native Linux version works without any problem/bug on my device.

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It's another case where I would choose "Informative" or "Neutral" if Steam provides such an option. If you're a huge fan of Supergiant Games, go ahead and buy this game. But for everyone else, please read more reviews and watch some gameplay videos before deciding whether to buy this game on sale.

Pretentious storytelling lathered over a glorified mobile game.

Be warned that this is 90% reading and 10% gameplay, and the gameplay is tedious at best.

I love this game so much its my Pseudonym now.