Helvetii

I can't help but feel a little sad for people giving games like Helvetii average ratings. If you can't enjoy games that are so well put together, maybe you have just overgrown games altogether and should look to a different hobby. There isn't anything wrong with that at all. But there's definitely something wrong with clinging to a hobby you've outgrown. Helvetii is what I want from games. In an endless sea of games that offer a) either no challenge at all and give you a platinum trophy in 6 hours (insert vomit emoji here) and b) games that are so excruciating, that truly make you wonder whether the developer wanted to entertain you, or literally torture you, Helvetii strikes right in the middle. It doesn't require controls that you need to study like you're going to school for it; it respecs my time. On the other hand, it doesn't throw the player rewards after rewards without earning it either. There is quite some depth with the strategy on this game. Now by depth, I do not mean "complexity". These are two different notions my book. After your first 6 or 7 runs, you might be rushed into thinking it offers no strategy, but nothing could be further from the truth. I was pleasantly surprised how big an impact did some choices make . Do you buy that item before the boss fight or after? Do you agree to deepen the deity pacts for big drops on your Health bar or do you open a chest first? There's a hundred more choices like this that will affect your run, and I'm pretty sure these little details go unnoticed by most petite that play games. If you love to strategize your run,I can think of a million games that are inferior to Helvetii. Getting S ranks comes gradually with your effort on practicing the 3 characters strengths and weaknesses in battle. But that's the wonderful ingredient, the effort and your gradual improvement is not an insane amount of practice like a lot of developers seem to request from the player nowadays. Scoring S ranks feels satisfying and I love how the third character talks to her crow during battle. Very nice little touch that just put a smile on me. The visuals are absolutely stunning. I'll put it this way. I've played 5 modern games after Helvetii and they seem like an eyesore in comparison. Everything is super crisp with beautiful colors and contrast. And not the type of contrast that causes a lot of black crush effect on your TV, where you cannot see shadow details well. It won't blow your mind or anything. I'm not saying it's perfect. It's definitely a lot better than the average score. I often caught myself smiling while playing it. And there's nothing more I can ask from a game