… ExpandĪlthough I've only played for a couple of hours thus far I can definitely say that it's very rough around the edges. So much so that they Although I've only played for a couple of hours thus far I can definitely say that it's very rough around the edges. So much so that they should have delayed it further. The main issues for me thus far: - Movement/interaction: It's extremely clunky, especially on keyboard/mouse. Sometimes it completely breaks as your character moves on her own despite input. ![]() Camera angles: I know they probably are a staple of previous games but they just don't give any good or useful angles and are even contributing to the problem of movement. It simply would have been more appropriate with a 3rd person camera like that of e.g. Life is Strange or any of the Telltale games. Lip syncing: Aside from often being completely out of sync sometimes there's not even any voice at all for speaking characters. Poor optimization: Frame rates can dip down to 40 and 30 FPS even on high-end hardware, despite last-last gen graphics. Overall lack of polish: One example of this is in Dr. Olga's room near the beginning of the game where it's just completely silent. No sound effects, no music, not even any footsteps from your character. This lack of attention to sound design is prevalent throughout. Poor logic in many puzzles: It's easier with an example (minor spoiler). Steiner in his shop he has a heart attack and you have to get him his medicine with haste. He will gladly complain about you not finding his medicine if you look at the wrong stuff but he simply won't tell you where to find it (why?). Ultimately it becomes extremely contrived and you end up having to spend half an hour or more finding that you have to turn back a clock to a random time in order for it to make tea and add pills to the tea which you can then give to Steiner. These types of illogical puzzles are just tedious and should be left out in my opinion. ![]() There are a couple of good- and potentially good things however: + Mechanical puzzles: Unlike in any other game I've played this is a very interesting and unique gameplay mechanic. + The game doesn't rely to much on previous storyline which means new players to the series (like me) can get into it. Though I was confused a couple of times who Oscar was. ![]() Like in Dreamfall Chapters, they should have added a recap video at the start of previous games. + Music is good: + Dialogue wheel: I always love having choice in what the protagonist says.
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