BOOK OF HOURS

I really wanted to love this game. It has a lot of really awesome ideas, great art, music, theme, etc. The problem is the game mechanics are just too opaque. Even after 25 hours, the basics of crafting and upgrading feel like guess-and-check, without mechanical consistency. Sometimes you can use certain cards, and sometimes you can't. Overall I just barely don't recommend this game.

个人评价：很喜欢！是没事干就会打开理理书，很开心的游戏。 优点： - 与前作相比，游戏时间更宽裕，能有更多的休闲时间和容错率。 - 继承了前作的大部分玩法，包括读书、凑性相和飞升（登顶）。 -本作中，玩家扮演的是吃公家饭的图书管理员，待遇明显优于邪教头子，因此金钱、时间和行动选择上都更加丰富（你甚至拥有一座大房子……）。 - 对比前作来说时间更宽裕，能摸鱼的时间很多、容错也很高。 缺点： - 整理大房子有点无聊，房间的ui放大缩小很麻烦，整理起来也没什么意思。建议添加一键整理啊啊啊啊，可能有人喜欢，but not for me. - 购买DLC会大幅度降低游戏难度（对我来说是个缺点……） - 目前的wiki和攻略都不太多

Очень не удобная игра. Обучения нет, но даже с ним это не то, что я ожидала. Сама по себе игра очень скучная :-( Не думайте что вы тут увидите секретные знания просто одна цитата на книгу. P.s - начало игры: я нажимала на все клавиши клавы в попытке понять как сделать первый шаг в игре и ничего не получилось. Почувствуй себя 7леткой за пк как тогда в далёком детстве

Book of Hours is a game about librarian exploring their own library and finding very, very disturbing books, scrolls, melodies and films. It is set in the universe of Cultist Simulator, a bit later in the timeline I think? So many elements from previous game are there as well. The gameloop looks complex at first, but after trying it out for a while it is surprisingly simple: it's a deck stacking game. Collect enough cards with similar aspects and progress, repeat again until satisfactory results. I've won in 38 hours and read 181 books (had Excel sheet for that!), wiki says there is about 270 books, although a good 100 of them only comes from auction house which appears like once a season or something, very slow basically. Things I didn't like: 1. Soul card evolution - finding the right station sounds easy at first, but is actually a nightmare; since you need at least one matching aspect on both soul cards and skill you use this becomes a challenge: I understand there are special memories to help with that, but this is frustrating nonetheless 2. Color coding - aspects have colors and so do books. For example Sky aspect is blue and most Sky books are also blue, but there are, in my opinion, unnecessary examples when this logic isn't followed and that makes me a bit angry. Cultist Simulator didn't have this issue 3. Mid to lategame skill progression - Numa season erases your lessons you haven't used so you are motivated to use your lessons before; the problem is upgrading skill requires memories, from 0 to 8 pieces, getting them over and over again becomes very tiring, for example if you are a 100% gamer and want to have every skill at max level 9 prepare to sink 200 to 300 hours (rough estimate) in one run for that Players even made a guide about special Memory Rooms to help with skill leveling, it is still tiring. There is no tips on books themselves about what memory they give so you have to either write it down or consult wiki The points above made me burn out and I haven't tried House of Light content at all, a bit sad since it is said there is a novel worth of content there. If you like Cultist Simulator for its lore - consider trying to play Book of Hours as well (I will try Cultist Simulator). If you like Cultist Simulator for its reactive gameplay - you won't find it there, there are no ways to lose in Book of Hours, libraries are pretty safe places. Overall if you like slow, cozy games with a lot of reading (the writing is fantastic I think, although most of the time I didn't understand what I've read lol), simple "get enough material" puzzles - this is a good game to try.

Have to be careful when I launch this because it really pulls me in. Tinker, experiment, learn, go further. Examine everything, try everything. Some hints are there for bigger things but you need to pay attention to the contents of the books.

I'm only 15 hours into Book of Hours and I'm fascinated. There's rooms full of mysteries and the game is not trying to kill me every step. I liked the mystery aspect in Cultist Simulator and I didn't even mind the constant threat, but I am enjoying things so much more in this peaceful layout. If you liked Cultist Simulator, it's almost guaranteed you will like this. If you didn't like Cultist Simulator, it's still possible you will like this. If you never played Cultist Simulator, the learning curve is gonna be steep and things will be confusing, but if this doesn't scare you, you may still like it.

I really love this game. It has an interesting card-based mechanic, but really, it's all about the atmosphere and the lore. I spent so many hours on this game because I wanted to piece together the history, learn about the people, the books, the rooms in the house. The game did a really nice job of motivating you in the slow uncovering of hidden knowledge sprinkled in so many different places and in different ways. At some point, things will start to get complicated and you'll need to get more organized to keep progressing (by organized i mean, yes, spreadsheets). If that's not your jam, you can still get plenty of hours of enjoyment out of this game and probably even get to one of the (many) endings. Also, if all you do in the game is read the books, sip some tea (or brandy), and talk to the cat, you'll also be doing just fine.

让我思考steam为什么没有推荐和不推荐的中间选项的游戏，沉浸文本氛围的话不推进游戏就很难查看新文本，推进游戏的话一贯的0引导让学习成本很高反复几周目都在琢磨到底怎么玩，游戏性不高导致琢磨出来会疑惑就只是这样无限重复炼金术吗。游玩的大部分时间都在困惑、满足、迷茫、无聊、不可置信中反复切换，一种不可名状的神秘静谧修道氛围。文本美术佳，玩法神秘，非常杀时间，每次打开之前都要问问自己。