I went into this game cold with no knowledge of the mechanics, story, or general premise. All I knew was it's about a "Drunk detective who needs to get his ♥♥♥♥ together." I'd recommend you do the same. Overall, I would say the narrative ranks amongst the most potent with games with the characters, setting, and plot perfectly in sync. The characters felt realistic and justifiable in their objectives and morality. There's a degree of hyberbole in all the characters - they are most esoteric than your common street npcs in other games, but that helps to flush out the unique, almost post-apocalyptic, setting that the main character finds himself in.

The game is not without it's faults however, as sometimes you run up hard against "I searched everywhere and found nothing" or "This quest was failed and I don't know why." There's some friction of game quest mechanics and the general flow of the story - without going into spoilers, just be aware that seemingly unrelated decisions may cancel other quests you may be interested in.

As well - I can say that I'm not sure how much desire I have to replay through the whole story. From my reading, aside from different lines of dialogue and tidbits, the character skill customization and decisions don't extend to impact the story significantly, so it just falls shy of replayability, which is a shame, I'd love to give this another whirl, but the story is long and minimal potential changes.

Still, the above two points should pale in comparison to what is one of the best written games of the past decade, and unless you have an aversion to reading, this game is on a must-play recommendation list. Thanks for the great memories. <3

I went into this game cold with no knowledge of the mechanics, story, or general premise. All I knew was it's about a "Drunk detective who needs to get his shit together." I'd recommend you do the same. Overall, I would say the narrative ranks amongst the most potent with games with the characters, setting, and plot perfectly in sync. The characters felt realistic and justifiable in their objectives and morality. There's a degree of hyberbole in all the characters - they are most esoteric than your common street npcs in other games, but that helps to flush out the unique, almost post-apocalyptic, setting that the main character finds himself in. The game is not without it's faults however, as sometimes you run up hard against "I searched everywhere and found nothing" or "This quest was failed and I don't know why." There's some friction of game quest mechanics and the general flow of the story - without going into spoilers, just be aware that seemingly unrelated decisions may cancel other quests you may be interested in. As well - I can say that I'm not sure how much desire I have to replay through the whole story. From my reading, aside from different lines of dialogue and tidbits, the character skill customization and decisions don't extend to impact the story significantly, so it just falls shy of replayability, which is a shame, I'd love to give this another whirl, but the story is long and minimal potential changes. Still, the above two points should pale in comparison to what is one of the best written games of the past decade, and unless you have an aversion to reading, this game is on a must-play recommendation list. Thanks for the great memories. <3