Fallen London

**** first. TLDR; Great writing. Actually has some serious flaws as a game. End game isn't worth it. The writing in this title is excellent. Unfortunately the longer you progress the more grindy and repetitive the gameplay becomes. Effectively you farm for various tokens which you never quite get the quota you need, because another random card or decision will reduce or eliminate them. For instance to progress in one story-arc you need to get your dreams of various types (which occur at random) above certain thresholds. Your nightmares also tend to increase and stop you from progressing as your dream quotas are all hit by your exiting the Asylum again...Once you get past that, there's yet another grindy task for you to complete, followed by another one. The game is not really intended to have a point, despite one of the end games I mention above. If you are okay with that it's great for casual play. However I recommend not making a long-term investment of time.

DEPRESSINGLY DARK As others have stated, the game is exceptionally well crafted and very engaging. What most do not mention, however, is the dark and depressing tone of so very many aspects of the game, most especially toward the end of many of the stories you play when you’re so invested in the characters involved. I won’t spoil things here, but will simply suggest anyone dealing with depression go and have a look at the game’s listing on TV Tropes (just do a web search for: Fallen London TV Tropes) and a post on Reddit, which highlights some of the worst things in the game and can be found by doing a web search of the post’s title: “Lore wise, what's the most disturbing fact in fallen london?” And now it’s time for the lightest, fluffiest comedy I can find on my streaming services. As much as I loved many aspects of playing Fallen London over the past 3 months, it wasn’t worth the misery it left me feeling on too many occasions and I threw in the towel.