Celestial Return

Good story. I failed a 4-check with 3 dice. Got rejected. Charged headfirst into a firearmfight. succeeded.

Clearly AI writing, why should i want to read a story based game when you can't even be bothered to write it.

Thinks it's even cooler than it is, but ok, it's legit probably one of the 3-4 dozen coolest games I've tried (out of well over a thousand)

The visual artwork and the sound of the game are simply fantastic. It's original and the amount of effort poured into this game is clearly seen. The story is gripping leaving me eager to see how the plot continues. Additionally, the writing is also very good did not quite understand the complains here. Thumbs up to the devs and looking forward to the games this team will make in future.

General review: Would highly recommend playing this game. Pros: Fantastic and engaging story, characters you quickly become attached to, beautiful art, decent music. Cons: -Infrequent saves can lead to frustration / promote save scumming. There is no ability to save immediately after completion of each 'chapter', which can lead to some lost progress if you close the game after completing a chapter. - The dice system is quite interesting, but not overly engaging. It feels like either feast or utter famine. Before the recent patch, I found myself often with almost no dice, which felt more limiting than engaging. I think the greatest annoyance is the fact that in many situations, you cannot refuse a dice check. For instance, if you want to choose to save your dice and instead take some damage / fail a check, the game does not allow this - instead, you must choose between several choices that all use dice. After the recent patch adding more dice, I hit act 3, and I gathered way too many dice, which made the system feel meaningless. - Ending felt mildly unsatisfying / abrupt

Really liked the atmosphere and visual style. It has a few minor flaws, but the overall experience is very enjoyable

S-tier: art, characters A-tier: story (which is different than writing. in this I mean the themes, tone, overarching direction), mechanics B-tier: game interface C-tier: writing (to clarify, sometimes the English feels a bit clunky and might've done a service to have another editing pass)