
Critically acclaimed, minimalist text-based rpg. Come light the fire.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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A game you'd like if you just wanted something to put your mind on for a couple of hours, and you enjoy this kind of minimalist- aesthetic. NOT something I'd recommend spending money on, and frankly the narrative kind of ruined it for me. It's a mini-game with a typical, not to say obvious story, that's pretty much it.. Trying to wrap it up and make it seem like it's some sort of masterpiece just comes off as pretentious.
You are in a dark room and then you make the room not dark. Amazing stuff. But there's so much more to it. The more you do, the more you discover, the more you explore. This game is a tycoon with RPG elements. That's the best I can describe it as without spoiling much. But it's narrative is so well done, you feel invested with the world and setting, despite everything being pretty much just ASCII. It's a very one of it's kind type of game that you definitely won't experience again easily. Hell, as far as I know, there's not a lot of games that replicate this style and that's what makes it unique. I highly recommend this, and it's prequel too, "The Ensign" if you can't get enough of this world.
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Finde das Spiel sehr gut. Dachte eigentlich nicht, das mir Text-Basierte Spiele zusagen, da lag ich aber falsch. Ich würde mir nur wünschen dass man seinen Fortschritt welchen man in der Browser Version des Spiels erreicht hat (diesen kann man sich als .txt Datei herunterladen) hier auch einfügen kann. Sonst 1A!
The atmosphere and mechanics of this game are amazing and interesting to play through. Overall, I would recommend trying it out!
Very nice game, love the simplicity of it and when I played the original free version on web. Just got compass so let's see where this goes. Edit: I have finished the first ending, very nice game though I feel making the player character just suddenly evil was a bit jarring. I have not listened to the dev commentary yet because I am still doing the second run. I feel as though it should have been my choice to force the villagers into backbreaking labor, instead of it being the default, but I understand the sentiment I think of subverting the expectations of a "city-builder" game I think, I just feel the default state should be them doing nothing and then I choose for them to do the work, then that reveal would be a lot better.
this game is incredible it's such an experience i love it so much
Fun game to replay if you have a couple of hours to yourself. Played the web version online many times over the years, decided to buy this to support the developers. This one moves a lot faster than the original. Really nice storytelling and development.
super cool little game, started on the browser version and moved to this one soon after and its equally as fun
Original was better.
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