Recent reviews by Howl

The presentation and writing are excellent, which is what probably pushed me to finish the game in the first place.
In hindsight though, the difficulty really grinds you into the dirt, especially the last mission. Even the easy mode does very little; if the devs had instead opted to remove a guard here and there then it would help for us skill issue players.
As such, it is tedious trial and error gameplay (the game even reminds you of the last time you quicksaved). Prepare for an hour and a half minimum per mission staring at vision cones.

Galerius my beloved <3

An RTS game that remembers a good story mode is the priority; esports clout is not.

William Mason is the most American babygirl ever made <3

In this town there lived a nomad by the name of Isabelle
Many crows had tried to take her and she sent them all to hell
She was viscious and a deadshot though she had but one good eye
A hundred crows were cut down yet still more lined up to die
More lined up to die

The majority of your time playing this game will be spent either:
1. Looking at a small book, reading a choose-your-adventure like novel and making choices. It's well written. Good!
2. Watching a small boat steaming quite slowly across the sea ("zee"). Oh dear.

This game has some roguelike elements that do not mesh well with the languid progress you make through the game exploring the zee and it's islands. Do not play on the default Permadeath mode. By nature of being a heavily text based game, resetting to the start of the game is like a book telling you to go back to page 1. You find yourself skipping over the the small book and spending more time watching that stupid small boat farting it's way from island to island. Imagine if Disco Elysium had permadeath!
This game is not bad. I do have almost 150 hours playing it. As I mentioned before, it's very well written (keep a thesaurus to hand, it throws obscure/archaic words at you often), that small boat in a wide dark zee is quite atmospheric at times, and it's cathartic to get back to home port after spending so much time traipsing between islands. Admittedly, I am currently seething at the sinking of a veteran captain, so consider this a recommendation with a big asterisk next to it. Allow yourself to save, at least if only when you reach home port.

S-tier writing

These would look great in another game, looks like buttocks in this one though. Actively makes the game uglier, keep it uninstalled

strength and certainty of steel, etc., etc.

go little red guy go :D