1348 Ex Voto

On Steam

👍 Recommended

The beginning feels like a sweet movie. Biancca was cute and the relationship felt relatable.

Default resolution scaling at 50 looks quite bad, but at 100 it looks much better, even if nothing special. Lower settings might help on weaker PCs, but I prefer not using DLSS or similar. FPS was around 70–90 with some dips to 60. I would have liked to use DSR to improve visuals, but in my opinion the game is not optimized well enough for that.

Combat is good and somewhat challenging. The health system with hearts instead of a bar is a nice touch, and checkpoints feel fair.

Did not like the invisible barriers. Movement over longer distances feels a bit like a chore, not very smooth, but the overall feel and curiosity to see where it leads kept me going.

Some parts reminded me of Indika, but that game handled things in a more nuanced way. I would recommend Indika easily, this one not as much.

Enemies feel a bit unnatural, just standing around waiting to attack, no interaction (they talk, but not before being hostile) and very little variety. Also felt odd that it is mostly just groups of men with no female presence, which makes the world feel less alive.

Overall, I like the story so far and the combat. I have not completed the game yet, but nothing is stopping me and I will definitely continue. It is not a bad game, more average with both positives and negatives, but still playable and somewhat enjoyable.