Mira

The art is pretty, and I like the premise of the story—especially learning the folklore aspect of the game. It was the core of why I got the game. I like the concepts, but I think the execution needs work. The art by itself is worth the official price of the game (I got it on sale for $3, original is $10), but I wouldn't want to replay it because most of the puzzles (only one has some pattern you could recognize) could only be done through trial and error and it takes a long time to do. For this reason, I could only speak of the ending I got for the story aspect—if there are multiple endings. If anything, it might've helped if the player has context of the folklore (in context of the puzzles, they actually have a menu that gives information of the folklore), or what the runes mean. If the developers wanted a general audience to play through, which if the lore menu is anything to go by, that they are, one way they could've gone about it is to have the player learn the runes meanings somewhere in the game. I liked the story of the game. But the ending was disappointing. It was abrupt, and I couldn't tell if it was a good or bad end. I guess it's one of those that's meant to leave you wondering about what everything meant, but again, execution. I set this as a game I recommend, but mostly because I got what I wanted from it, and I think the game is good for the price. If the main purpose you're getting the game are the puzzles, then I wouldn't recommend this game.