Isle of Maligree

A brief, lovable game. My only negative remark would be that I wished it was longer. I enjoyed the story, the world and it's characters. The classes were so much fun. Happy investigating!

The decision to include RPG elements to a visual novel like Isle of Maligree was a nice touch, as random dice rolls with character modifiers add to the tension of the narrative by creating moment-to-moment stakes; they also increase the number of outcomes a scene can produce beyond just the decisions the player can make, which means the game has a lot of replayability. Each run is a satisfying length - not too long, not too short, and manages to feel like your chosen path is just that - chosen by you. Aesthetically, the game captures the sense of discomfort and weirdness inherent to early 20th century occult mysteries really well. Fans of the Cthulhu mythos or Twin Peaks will feel right at home.

This is a great game, with a deep world and intriguing story. However, the lifespan of this game is relatively short for its cost. I've already done two playthroughs and gotten several different endings, each of which are good, but a little difficult to tell how 'unique' they may be. Still, the game clearly required a lot of work to make, and it paid off in this great game. If you're looking for a $cost$ = hours played, then maybe wait until this game is on sale.

Compelling story carried by stunning art and an appropriately eerie soundtrack. I've done one full play-through but have started another where I'm purposefully making completely different decisions. Scenes that I was not aware I was missing in my last run have become corner stones of the plot in this new game giving me a different perspective on characters and events as well as filling in the world.

It's a nice short stat raising mystery game with dice rolling instead of combat or cards or something like that which I like reminds me of the Sorcery series (on steam). If you get stuck, delete all the saves - I was so upset when I thought I couldn't finish this game and did all kinds of things but deleting the saves and reinstalling it was all it took. This was really fun even if it's short and I wish there were more games like this. I enjoyed my route but it took like 2 hours to finish it. with a lot of bumbling around so it's not long but has a lot of replay value. I liked my ending. It was really difficult for me to get there lol but I'm a visual novel fan not really so much stat raising. If you like this, try Winter Wolves games just all of them are like this. Nicole is like this but otome. I can't remember but all the games from them are like this. Probably because I am such a long time Winter Wolves fan that I loved this game and it felt so nostalgic. Also Fate the fighting RPG game on Steam is like this but def. Winter Wolves is the most similar. Royal Alchemist is an otome version of this in a sense. It's a good game. I only found one way to win and that was through failing a bunch so I think it's worth buying even though it isn't that long if you read fast (I finish all games quickly). It's a little expensive but for such high quality I think it's worth it although I got it on sale.