Bahnsen Knights

Awesome from start to finish. As usual with LCB, the atmosphere, music, portraits, colors, everything will set you in the right mood. No tedious minigame either, they're all pretty easy to figure out.

Another great pixel pulp game. Great vibe and story. Enjoyed it very much except that last achievement with the solitaire game. Absolutely unnecessary. 40 mins later and I haven't won. I do not mind a mini game that is based on skill, but on luck? Nah, that's plain evil.

yum

Short, enjoyable, stylish.

It is not like LCB's previous games. The story is still the core of the experience, but the game is different. Mothmen 1966 was a linear experience, I don't remember dying in the game, different decisions could make you miss some achievements, that was all. There were some moments of gameplay mixed with clicking through the story. In Varney Lake there were many (too many perhaps) mini games, but were optional and didn't affect the story (some you had to play at least once), you needed to play them and win to earn some achievements. For Banshen Knights, we have few mini games, some gameplay mixed up with the story, much like Mothmen. Some gamplay suffers because the user interface is too basic, so even when the rules are clear it is hard to play. Others are hard to understand in the short time you have before dying, that leads to retries, and that kills the thrill, there is no risk: if you die, you immediately retry (the same logic exists in Elden Ring, but just dying and retrying does not make a good game, you need to think that the next time will be the one when you beat that enemy, with the mini game is so simple like in this case, it does not work like it does on hard games). There are also many ocassions when we get 2 options, and 1 kills you. Some are easy to prevent, many are just luck, and this makes decisions seem worthless. I think reading through https://www.choiceofgames.com/2010/03/5-rules-for-writing-interesting-choices-in-multiple-choice-games/ will explain many of my issues with the choices on Banshen Knights. With all their games I always end up wanting to learn more about the characters and the world they are in, that is a good thing in my opinion. I think LCB is still trying to find the balance between story, gameplay and mini games, I wish they continue with this effort and they learn from each one of their games so they make the next one even better.

[h3] 妄想が広がる [/h3] ミニゲームや選択肢をミスっても、直前からリトライ出来るのが嬉しい。 1.2作目に比べると、もう少しストーリーを教えてくれ！！！！！という気持ちになった。 ミニゲームと難易度も上がり、やりごたえのある作品だった。 ただボリュームを考えると少し高いかなと思うので、 セール時などにバンドルで購入することをお勧めする。

Ambiance unique pour cette aventure interactive avec une mise en scène graphique et sonore particulièrement soignée... Chaudement recommandée !