Foxman8472

I'm not sure what to make of this game. It's roguelike, but has a lot of grind. It's based on exploration, but resource management makes exploration incredibly costly. It's got trade, but it's poorly implemented. It has combat, but it's minimalist. Resource management is very hard and that limits one's adventurous desires to just strolling around the neighborhood, killing bats under constantly dwindling supplies, dragging to the inevitable loss at the hands of starvation or lack of fuel. What are we playing for? The story is a mess. I know that it's an already fleshed out universe from Fallen London, but the text is somewhat cryptic, the design is not the most user friendly, and the tutorial is absent - so it's hard to delve in gameplay-wise, and I need that to happen in order to enjoy the storyline. It's got no info of where to go, what to start with, and you're just thrown in like that. And you die, and you lose (almost) everything, and then you die again. Under that hard, unwelcoming shell, there might be some sweet pulp; However, it's this shell that's off-putting. If one does not get a foothold in the world, gain something to push him forward or have any event happen that can get him directly involved. It's not that the game is bad, but it's poorly balanced. If there's a hook, it's hidden too deep and most people won't grab it. Shame, it did a lot of things right...