Interesting game. The artwork was well done and the music fit the game.
I am not a fan of that particular dialogue style. Very grandiose and bigger than big. Other than that, the writing was ok.
The combat engine and the buying system worked well. The only comment I would make is that there is a lot of clicking. Maybe some of the screens of dialogue could be combined.
I wasn't happy with the combat difficulty. I would think that a knight with 5 years training could easily take down a bandit. I never got the feeling I was actually affecting combat. And why does he always take 40 points of damage regardless of what I do?
I gave up after my second time through because of the combat. I didn't know what anything did and I died after three rounds anyway.
I also didn't like that rape was being talked about in a casual manner. The dialogue made it sound like it was on par with stealing someone's chicken. Of the women I know that have been raped and the people around them that knew, none of them would talk about it so bluntly. I think you would have been better to just say that the sister had been carried off and imply that she was raped.
I almost quit the game completely when the subject first came up. I continued only because I wanted to give you a review.
It is your game. And in this scenario, rape is certainly a possibility. Just understand that you will turn people off.
It is a nice solid game. A few tweaks to balance out the combat system or maybe some instructions would raise the level of the game.
Susan
